H.R. 1356: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

H.R. 1356: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-02 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-02 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

Plain summary

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service to disclose certain tax return information to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence or the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, upon receiving a written request from the chairman of the relevant committee. Any return or return information that can be associated with, or otherwise identify, a particular taxpayer may only be furnished to a congressional committee when it is sitting in closed executive session, unless the taxpayer consents in writing to the disclosure.

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Official text

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · 41 cosponsors

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Peter Welch (D-VT), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), James A. Himes (D-CT), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), William R. Keating (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Mark Pocan (D-WI)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1356.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1356 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115