,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #b1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,fincher introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to provide for the personal liability  
of certain ,federal officers and        
employees of the ,internal ,revenue     
,service1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,irs ,employee ,responsibility ,act
 of #bjac4  #b4 ,in general  7a7        
,finding regarding officer or employee  
actions ,if any officer or employee of  
the ,internal ,revenue ,service is held 
liable in any action pertaining to the  
official duties of that officer or      
employee1 then the court may award1     
where the court finds that actions at   
issue of the officer or employee of the 
,united ,states were in violation of    
,federal law1 vexatious1 frivolous1 or  
in bad faith1 unless the court finds    
that special circumstances make the     

award unjust1 to the plaintiff          
attorneys' fees and other costs of      
litigation1 in addition to any other    
award available under law4  7b7 ,officer
 or employee ,to bear costs of          
litigation ,if the court makes a finding
 under subsection 7a7 that the actions  
at issue of the officer or employee of  
the ,united ,states were in violation of
 ,federal law1 vexatious1 frivolous1 or 
in bad faith1 the court may order that  
all awards1 including any award of costs
 of litigation under subsection 7a7     
shall be paid by that officer or        
employee1 and that the ,united ,states  
may not reimburse that officer or       
employee4