,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #baaa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bb1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,barrasso 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,cardin7 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 the ,internal      
,revenue ,service to notify taxpayers of
 specific information being sought from 
third parties for purposes of tax       
administration1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,taxpayer ,notification and     
,privacy ,act of #bjbc4  #b4            
,specificity of taxpayer notice  7a7 ,in
 general ,paragraph 7#a7 of section     
#gfjb7;c7 of the ,internal ,revenue     
,code of #aihf is amended-- 7#a7 by     
striking and at the end of subparagraph 
7,a71  7#b7 by redesignating            
subparagraph 7,b7 as subparagraph 7,c7  
and by inserting after subparagraph 7,a7
 the following new subparagraph3  7,b7  

identifies each specific item of        
information1 and any specific source or 
medium for such information1 intended to
 be sought from such persons1  1  7#c7  
by striking the period at the end of    
subparagraph 7,c71 as so redesignated1  
and inserting 1 and1 and  7#d7 by adding
 at the end the following new           
subparagraph3  7,d7 provides the        
taxpayer with reasonable opportunity and
 a period of not less than #de days 7or 
more1 if the taxpayer requests          
additional time and shows reasonable    
cause7 before the beginning of such     
period to respond1 including by         
providing the information described in  
subparagraph 7,b7 before contact is made
 with the persons described in          
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b74  4  7b7    
,time for notification ,subparagraph    
7,c7 of section #gfjb7;c77#a7 of the    
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf1 as   
redesignated by subsection 7a71 is      
amended by striking #de days before the 
beginning of such period and inserting  

#fj days before the intended beginning  
of such period 7without regard to any   
additional time which may be granted    
under subparagraph 7,d774  7c7          
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply to notices     
provided under section #gfjb7;c7 of the 
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act4