,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgfb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ab1       
#bjac,mr4 ,posey introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a 
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
impose penalties for the unauthorized   
disclosure of personal tax information  
by ,federal employees4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,personal ,tax ,information ,protection 
,act4  #b4 ,unauthorized disclosure of  
personally identifiable covered         
information  7a7 ,liability for ,certain
 ,acts  7#a7 ,in general ,it shall be   
unlawful for any officer or employee of 
the ,united ,states-- 7,a7 willfully to 
make an unauthorized disclosure of      

personally identifiable covered         
information2 or  7,b7 to conspire to    
commit a violation of subparagraph 7,a74
  7#b7 ,penalty  7,a7 ,in general ,any  
violation of paragraph 7#a7 shall be    
subject to a penalty of not more than   
the greatest of-- 7i7 the penalty       
specified in the law setting forth the  
offense which covers a violation of     
paragraph 7#a71 or  7ii7 the penalty set
 forth in subparagraph 7,b74  7,b7      
,uniform penalty ,the penalty set forth 
in this subparagraph is a felony        
punishable upon conviction by-- 7i7 a   
fine in any amount not exceeding        
#ajj1jjj for each such violation and    
imprisonment of not more than #g years1 
7ii7 the costs of prosecution1 and      
7iii7 dismissal from office or discharge
 from employment4  7,c7 ,forfeiture of  
annuities and retired pay ,a violation  
of paragraph 7#a7 shall be treated as an
 offense to which sections #hcab and    
#hdcb7;g77#e7 of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 apply4  7b7 ,definitions 

,for purposes of this section-- 7#a7    
,officer of the ,united ,states ,the    
term officer of the ,united ,states     
means an officer appointed pursuant to  
section #bajd7;a77#a77;,c7 of title #e1 
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,employee  
of the ,united ,states ,the term        
employee of the ,united ,states means an
 employee1 as defined by section #baje  
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4     
7#c7 ,personally identifiable covered   
information ,the term personally        
identifiable covered information means  
return1 return information1 and taxpayer
 return information 7as such terms are  
defined in section #fajc7;b7 of the     
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf7      
unless such return1 return information1 
and taxpayer return information is      
authorized to be disclosed under a      
provision of law4  #c4 ,private right of
 action  7a7 ,in general ,any person who
 violates section #b of this ,act or who
 willfully aids1 abets1 counsels1       
induces1 or procures the commission of a

 violation of section #b of this ,act   
shall be liable to the person whose     
personally identifiable covered         
information was disclosed in violation  
of section #b of this ,act-- 7#a7 in the
 amount of #ajj1jjj for each such       
violation1 and  7#b7 for costs of       
prosecution and attorney fees4  7b7     
,jurisdiction2 statute of limitations2  
venue2 process ,the ,united ,states     
district courts shall have exclusive    
jurisdiction of actions brought under   
this section4 ,any such action shall be 
brought not later than two years after  
the date the cause of action arises4    
,any action brought under subsection 7a7
 of this section may be brought in any  
judicial district wherein the defendant 
is found1 resides1 or transacts         
business1 or in the judicial district   
wherein any act or transaction          
constituting the violation occurs4      
,process in such action may be served in
 any judicial district of which the     
defendant is an inhabitant or wherever  

the defendant may be found4