,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #bh1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,chaffetz introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration1   
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,rules1 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     
require ,members of ,congress to        
disclose delinquent tax liability and to
 require an ethics inquiry into1 and the
 garnishment of the wages of1 a ,member 
with ,federal tax liability4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,members of ,congress ,tax              
,accountability ,act of #bjac4  #b4     
,amendment to the ,ethics in ,government
 ,act of #aigh  7a7 ,in general ,section
 #ajb7;a7 of the ,ethics in ,government 
,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app47 is   
amended by adding at the end the        

following3  7#i7 7,a7 ,for individuals  
described in section #aja7;f77#i71 the  
amount of any delinquent tax liability  
owed to the ,united ,states or any      
,state or local government entity4  7,b7
 ,in this paragraph1 the term delinquent
 tax liability means any tax liability  
which has been assessed and with respect
 to which all judicial and              
administrative remedies have been       
exhausted1 or have lapsed4  4  7b7      
,inclusion in report ,section           
#ajb7;b77#a77;,a7 of the ,ethics in     
,government ,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 
,app47 is amended by striking paragraph 
7#a7 and inserting paragraphs 7#a7 and  
7#i74  #c4 ,ethics inquiry ,if a ,member
 of ,congress reports a delinquent tax  
liability on the ,member's annual       
disclosure form required under section  
#ajb7;a77#i7 of the ,ethics in          
,government ,act of #aigh 7as added by  
section #b71 the appropriate            
congressional ethics committee shall    
immediately open an inquiry into the tax

 delinquency of that ,member for        
purposes of--  7#a7 determining the     
total delinquent tax liability of the   
,member2  7#b7 determining the reason   
the ,member has incurred a delinquent   
tax liability2  7#c7 determining whether
 the ,member has a plan to eliminate    
such delinquent tax liability2 and  7#d7
 determining whether such delinquent tax
 liability has reflected poorly on      
,congress4  #d4 ,federal tax liability  
,a ,member of ,congress who discloses a 
delinquent tax liability under section  
#ajb7;a77#i7 of the ,ethics in          
,government ,act of #aigh 7as added by  
section #b7 shall1 not later than #cj   
calendar days after filing the form1    
arrange with the ,secretary of the      
,senate or the ,chief ,administrative   
,officer of the ,house of               
,representatives1 as appropriate1 and   
the ,internal ,revenue ,service to have 
the ,member's salary reduced by an      
amount appropriate to pay the taxes owed
 to the ,united ,states within a        

reasonable time period4  #e4 ,member of 
congress defined ,in this ,act1 the term
 ,member of ,congress means a ,senator  
or a ,representative in1 or ,delegate or
 ,resident ,commissioner to1 the        
,congress4