,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bjdc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #bf1 
#bjad ,mrs4 ,fischer 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,inhofe1 and ,mr4 ,johanns7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the   
,internal ,revenue ,service from asking 
taxpayers questions regarding religious1
 political1 or social beliefs4  #a4     
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,stop ,,irs ,overreach ,act4  #b4  
,prohibition on questions regarding     
religious1 political1 or social beliefs 
7a7  ,in general  ,the ,internal        
,revenue ,service shall not ask any     
taxpayer any question regarding         
religious1 political1 or social beliefs4
  7b7  ,sense of ,congress regarding    
exceptions  ,it is the sense of         
,congress that--  7#a7 any exceptions to
 subsection 7a7 which are provided by   
later enacted provisions of law should  
identify the specific questions which   

are authorized1 the class of taxpayers  
to which such questions are authorized  
to be asked1 and the circumstances under
 which such questions are authorized to 
be asked1 and  7#b7 if the ,commissioner
 of the ,internal ,revenue ,service     
determines that asking any class of     
taxpayers a question prohibited under   
subsection 7a7 would aid in the         
efficient administration of the tax     
laws1 such ,commissioner should submit a
 report to ,congress which--  7,a7      
includes such question in the verbatim  
form in which it is to be asked1  7,b7  
describes the class of taxpayers to whom
 the question is to be asked1 and  7,c7 
describes the circumstances that would  
be required to exist before the question
 would be asked4