To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose taxpayer identity information through mass communications to notify persons entitled to tax refunds.

April 4, 2001

Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. STARK, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. TANNER, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HOLT, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CAPUANO, and Mr. ETHERIDGE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose taxpayer identity information through mass communications to notify persons entitled to tax refunds.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ` IRS Refund Accessibility Act of 2001'.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF TAXPAYER IDENTITY FOR TAX REFUND PURPOSES.

Paragraph (1) of section 6103(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to disclosure of taxpayer identity information for tax refunds) is amended by inserting `, and through any other means of mass communication,' after `media'.

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