US SB1367 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Prisoner Fraud Reduction Act of 2011 - Requires: (1) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the head of each state prison system, by December 1 each year, to transmit to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in electronic format certain identifying information on inmates who have been incarcerated during any portion of the three-calendar-year period ending with November 15 of the year of the report, and (2) the IRS to notify the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the head of each state prison system annually of any incarcerated individual whom the IRS has determined may have filed or facilitated the filing of a false or fraudulent federal tax return. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose tax return information to the Federal Bureau of Prisons and to state prison systems to prevent false or fraudulent filings by prison inmates.

Tracking Information

Register now for our free OneVote public service or GAITS Pro trial account and you can begin tracking this and other legislation, all driven by the real-time data of the LegiScan API. Providing tools allowing you to research pending legislation, stay informed with email alerts, content feeds, and share dynamic reports. Use our new PolitiCorps to join with friends and collegaues to monitor & discuss bills through the process.

Monitor Legislation or view this same bill number from multiple sessions or take advantage of our national legislative search.

Title

Prisoner Fraud Reduction Act of 2011

Sponsors

Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]

History

DateChamberAction
2011-07-14SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Subjects


US Congress State Sources


Bill Comments

feedback