S. 2195 · 112th Congress
Congressional and Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 112th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
R
BrownSponsorNo cosponsors.
Congressional and Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012 - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require all individuals required to file annual financial disclosure reports under the Act to include in their reports the amount of any delinquent tax liability owed to the United States or any state or local government entity.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 15, 2012
Congressional and Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012 - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require all individuals required to file annual financial disclosure reports under the Act to include in their reports the amount of any delinquent tax liability owed to the United States or any state or local government entity.
Requires the appropriate supervising ethics office to open an inquiry immediately into the tax delinquency of that individual to determine: (1) his or her total delinquent tax liability and reason for such delinquency, (2) whether the individual has a plan to eliminate it, and (3) whether it has reflected poorly on Congress or the employing agency.
Prohibits public disclosure of any such delinquent tax liability.
Requires such individual to arrange with the relevant payroll office and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to have his or her salary reduced by an amount appropriate to pay the taxes owed to the United States within a reasonable time period.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Congressional and Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012
Latest action (Mar 15, 2012): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 15, 2012
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.