,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djhi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ai1        
#bjag,mrs4 ,wagner introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal ,revenue
 ,code of #aihf to require the          
,secretary of the ,treasury to issue    
identity protection personal            
identification numbers with respect to  
identity theft-related tax fraud4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,taxpayer ,identity ,theft          
,protection ,act4  #b4 ,identity        
protection personal identification      
numbers  7a7 ,in general ,section #faji 
of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following new subsection3  7j7 ,use of  
,,ip ,p,i,ns  7#a7 ,in general ,at the  
request of any individual1 the          
,secretary shall1 after the individual's
 true identity has been established and 
verified1 issue an identity protection  

personal identification number to such  
individual1 and such number shall be    
used as the identifying number for such 
individual for purposes of this title4  
7#b7 ,identity protection personal      
identification number defined ,for      
purposes of paragraph 7#a71 an identity 
protection personal identification      
number is a number assigned by the      
,secretary to a taxpayer to help prevent
 the misuse of the ,social ,security    
account number of the taxpayer on       
fraudulent ,federal income tax returns4 
4  7b7 ,conforming amendment ,section   
#faji7;d7 of such ,code is amended by   
inserting provided by subsection 7j7 or 
as after except as4  7c7 ,publicity of  
,,ip ,,pin availability ,the ,secretary 
of the ,treasury1 or the ,secretary's   
delegate1 shall publicize the           
availability of the use of identity     
protection personal identification      
numbers pursuant to section #faji7;j7 of
 the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf1 
including through electronic means4  7d7

 ,effective date ,the amendments made by
 this section shall apply to requests   
made after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act4