,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bjha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #e1     
#bjad ,ms4 ,collins introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal      
,revenue ,code of #aihf to require      
notification of ,congress by the        
,internal ,revenue ,service ,oversight  
,board regarding any violation of the   
,constitutional rights of taxpayers4    
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,taxpayer ,protection ,act 
of #bjad4  #b4 ,notification of         
,congress regarding violations of       
taxpayers' constitutional rights  7a7   
,in general ,section #ghjb7;f77#c7 of   
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following new subparagraph3  7,c7       
,constitutional rights of taxpayers ,for
 purposes of the annual report required 
under subparagraph 7,a71 the ,oversight 
,board shall include the following      

information3 7i7 ,any claim filed during
 the preceding year by a taxpayer       
alleging1 with respect to such taxpayer1
 a violation of any right under the     
,constitution of the ,united ,states by 
an employee of the ,internal ,revenue   
,service4  7ii7 ,for purposes of each   
claim described in clause 7i7-- 7,i7    
whether a final administrative or       
judicial determination on such claim has
 been reached1 and  7,,ii7 subject to   
section #abjc of the ,internal ,revenue 
,service ,restructuring and ,reform ,act
 of #aiih1 whether the employment of any
 employee of the ,internal ,revenue     
,service determined to be liable for    
such violation has been terminated or1  
for any personnel action other than     
termination of such employee1 the       
reasons provided by the ,commissioner of
 ,internal ,revenue for such            
determination4  7iii7 ,the effectiveness
 of any procedures and measures         
established by the ,internal ,revenue   
,service to prevent discrimination by   

any employee of the ,internal ,revenue  
,service against any taxpayer on the    
basis of the political affiliation1     
beliefs1 or activities of such taxpayer4
  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments
 made by this section shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of this    
,act4