,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bdj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bh1       
#bjai,ms4 ,collins 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,jones7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
require the ,internal ,revenue ,service 
to establish1 incrementally over five   
years1 a nationwide program to provide  
personal identification numbers to      
taxpayers to help prevent tax-related   
identity theft4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,taxpayer      
,identity ,protection ,act of #bjai4    
#b4 ,identity protection personal       
identification numbers  7a7 ,in general 
,subject to subsection 7b71 the         
,secretary of the ,treasury or the      
,secretary's delegate 7hereafter        
referred to in this section as the      
,secretary7 shall establish a program to
 issue1 upon the request of any         
individual1 a number which may be used  
in connection with such individual's    

social security number 7or other        
identifying information with respect to 
such individual as determined by the    
,secretary7 to assist the ,secretary in 
verifying such individual's identity4   
7b7 ,requirements  7#a7 ,annual         
expansion ,for each calendar year       
beginning after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall provide numbers through the       
program described in subsection 7a7 to  
individuals residing in such ,states as 
the ,secretary deems appropriate1       
provided that the total number of       
,states served by such program during   
such year is greater than the total     
number of ,states served by such program
 during the preceding year4  7#b7       
,nationwide availability ,not later than
 #e years after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall ensure that the program described 
in subsection 7a7 is made available to  
any individual residing in the ,united  
,states4