About the bill
H.R. 2905 will require the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress on efforts to combat identity theft, including by persons purporting to be acting on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service.
A sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, has occurred in recent years. Callers claim to be IRS employees, using fake names and bogus IRS identification badge numbers. Some callers know personal information about their targets, and they usually alter the caller ID to make it look like the IRS is calling. Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a gift card or wire transfer. Victims may be threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license. In many cases, …
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on April 18, 2018 but was never passed by the Senate.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
1 Cosponsor (1 Democrat)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“House passes Young's bill to combat IRS Scams and identity theft”
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Rep. David Young [R-IA3, 2015-2018]
(Sponsor)
on Apr 18, 2018
“Sinema Bill to Fight Back Against IRS Scams Passes House”
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
(Co-sponsor)
on Apr 18, 2018
“THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS - April 20, 2018”
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Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
on Apr 23, 2018
History
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May 26, 2016
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5345 (114th). |
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Jun 15, 2017
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Apr 18, 2018
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Passed House (Senate next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. |
H.R. 2905 (115th) 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. 2905. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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