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H.R. 7082: Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008

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H.R. 7082: Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-25 · Taxation · Latest: Became Public Law No: 110-428.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-09-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 110-428. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 27, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose to the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons tax return information of prisoners whom the Secretary has determined may have filed or facilitated the filing of a false tax return. Prohibits the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons from disclosing any prisoner tax return information to any person other than an officer or employee of such Bureau. Restricts the use of such tax return information to preventing the filing of false and fraudulent tax returns. Terminates such disclosure authority after December 31, 2011. Imposes recordkeeping and reporting requirements on the Bureau with respect to disclosures of prisoner tax return information. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress on the filing of false and fraudulent tax returns by federal and state prisoners and to make such reports available to the public. Requires the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to submit a written report to Congress by December 31, 2010, on the implementation of the authority to disclose prisoner tax return information. Amends the federal judicial code with respect to certain widows and widowers whose judicial survivors' annuities are terminated on account of remarriage before age 55. Requires restoration of such benefits, at the same rate, upon the dissolution of the remarriage by death, divorce, or annulment, if specified requirements are met.

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Official text

Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 7082, Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008 (2008-11-21); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 7082, Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008 (2008-11-21)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr7082 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110