US Congress House Bill 6238 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on September 28 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-09-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for issuing identity protection personal identification numbers (IP PINs) to adopted children for purposes of tax administration. This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a program under which the legal guardian of an adopted child may obtain an identity protection personal identification number (IP PIN) for the child to prevent an individual from improperly claiming tax benefits with respect to the child. The IRS may require a child's IP PIN to be included in a tax return as a condition of receiving any tax benefit with respect to the child.

To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for issuing identity protection personal identification numbers (IP PINs) to adopted children for purposes of tax administration.

Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]

Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]

Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]

Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2016-09-28	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6238/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr6238/BILLS-114hr6238ih.pdf