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H.R. 2565: STOP IRS Act

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H.R. 2565: STOP IRS Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-06-27 · Taxation · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-06-27 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

STOP IRS Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Stop Targeting Our Politics IRS Act or the STOP IRS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 to expand existing grounds for termination of the employment of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee to include performing, delaying, or failing to perform (or threatening to perform, delay, or fail to perform) any official action (including any audit) with respect to a taxpayer for purpose of extracting personal gain or benefit or for a political purpose.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

STOP IRS Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16] · 77 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Mike Kelly (R-PA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Todd Young (R-IN), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN) and 17 more.

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr2565 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113