To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from carrying out seizures relating to a structuring transaction unless the property to be seized derived from an illegal source or the funds were structured for the purpose of concealing the violation of another criminal law or regulation, to require notice and a post-seizure hearing for such seizures, and for other purposes.
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Sponsor and status
114th Congress (2015–2017)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on September 22, 2016 but was never passed by the Senate.
12 Cosponsors (9 Republicans, 3 Democrats)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Ranking Member Levin Opening Statement at Markup of H.R. 5613 and H.R. 5523”
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Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI9, 2013-2018]
on Jul 7, 2016
“On the House Floor This Week - 9/20/16”
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Rep. John Delaney [D-MD6, 2013-2018]
on Sep 20, 2016
History
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Jun 16, 2016
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Introduced
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Jul 7, 2016
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Ordered Reported
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Sep 9, 2016
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Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means
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Sep 22, 2016
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Passed House (Senate next)
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Sep 5, 2017
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Reintroduced Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1843 (115th). |
H.R. 5523 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 5523. This is the one from the 114th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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