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[Discussion Draft]
[Discussion Draft]
April 14, 2016
114th CONGRESS
2d Session
Rules Committee Print 114-49
Text of H.R. 4890, To impose a ban on the payment of bonuses to employees of the Internal Revenue Service until the Secretary of the Treasury develops and implements a comprehensive customer service strategy.
[Showing the text of the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Ways and Means.]
1.
Ban on IRS bonuses until IRS develops comprehensive customer service strategy
(a)
The Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary’s delegate, may not pay a bonus, award, or similar cash payment to any employee of the Internal Revenue Service until the Secretary, or the Secretary’s delegate, develops and submits to Congress a comprehensive customer service strategy that has been reviewed and approved by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Such strategy shall include—
(1)
appropriate telephone and correspondence levels of service, which shall be based on service provided by the best in business and customer expectations;
(2)
a thorough assessment of which services the Internal Revenue Service can shift to self-service options; and
(3)
proposals to improve customer service in the short term (the current and following fiscal year), medium term (approximately three to five fiscal years), and long term (approximately ten fiscal years).
(b)
The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s delegate, shall submit reports to the Congress on the status of its customer service strategy and actions taken to improve customer service. Such reports shall be submitted on a semiannual basis until the comprehensive customer service strategy under subsection (a) is fully implemented.
2.
No additional funds authorized
No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out the requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated or made available.