,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eace  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bc1
 #bjbd,mr4 ,kennedy 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 increase     
penalties for unauthorized disclosure of
 taxpayer information4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,taxpayer ,data ,protection ,act4  #b4  
,increase in penalties for unauthorized 
disclosures of taxpayer information  7a7
 ,in general ,paragraphs 7#a71 7#b71    
7#c71 7#d71 and 7#e7 of section         
#gbac7;a7 of the ,internal ,revenue     
,code of #aihf are each amended by      
striking #e1jjj1 or imprisonment of not 
more than #e years and inserting        
#bej1jjj1 or imprisonment of not more   
than #aj years4  7b7 ,disclosures of    
return information of multiple taxpayers
 treated as multiple violations ,section
 #gbac7;a7 of such ,code is amended by  

adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#f7 ,disclosures of return 
information of multiple taxpayers       
treated as multiple violations ,for     
purposes of paragraphs 7#a71 7#b71 7#c71
 7#d71 and 7#e71 a separate violation   
occurs with respect to each taxpayer    
whose return or return information is   
disclosed in violation of any such      
paragraph4  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the 
amendments made by this section shall   
apply to disclosures made after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act4