US Congress Senate Bill 2066 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 27 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-03-03 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 311.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 10 years on any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) who willfully acts with the intent to injure, oppress, threaten, intimidate, or single out and subject to undue scrutiny for purposes of harassment any person or organization in any state: (1) based solely or primarily on the political, economic, or social positions held or expressed by such person or organization; or (2) because such person or organization has expressed a particular political, economic, or social position using any words or writing allowed by law.

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an employee of the Internal Revenue Service.

Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]

Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]

Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]

Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-03	Senate	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 311.
2014-02-27	Senate	Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

SB2073 (Related) 2014-02-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB4597 (Related) 2014-07-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2066/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2066/BILLS-113s2066pcs.pdf