To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow officers and employees of the Department of the Treasury to provide to taxpayers information regarding low-income taxpayer clinics.

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• H.R. 5444To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grant program, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for the issuance of identity protection personal identification numbers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow officers and employees of the Department of the Treasury to provide to taxpayers information regarding low-income taxpayer clinics, to provide for a single point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service for the taxpayers who are victims of tax-related identity theft, to require notice from the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of any closure of a Taxpayer Assistance Center, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require electronic filing of the annual returns of exempt organizations and provide for making such returns available for public inspection, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve cybersecurity and taxpayer identity protection, and modernize the information technology of the Internal Revenue Service, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restrict the immediate sale of seized property by the Secretary of the Treasury to perishable goods, and for other purposes.

  2018-04-19Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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• S. 3278Protecting Taxpayers Act

  2018-10-03Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-574.

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Legislative Actions

1. 2018-04-09

   Introduced in House

2. 2018-04-09

   Introduced in House

3. 2018-04-09

   Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

4. 2018-04-11

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

5. 2018-04-11

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

6. 2018-04-17

   Mr. Holding moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

7. 2018-04-17

   Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3367)

8. 2018-04-17

   DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5438.

9. 2018-04-17

   Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3367)

10. 2018-04-17

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3367)

11. 2018-04-17

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

12. 2018-04-18

    Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 831, H.R. 5438 is laid on the table.