A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow the Veterans' Administration to redisclose in certain circumstances for debt-collection and study purposes Internal Revenue Service-provided mailing addresses of individuals indebted to the United States, and for other purposes.

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to further disclose a taxpayer's mailing address previously disclosed to an officer or employee of the Veterans' Administration: (1) in a judicial proceeding regarding the collection or compromise of a claim under the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966; (2) to employees of Federal agencies to which such a claim has been referred; (3) to a Veterans' Administration contractor for the purpose of obtaining information with respect to a debtor's location or which is necessary for collection of such a claim; or (4) to a consumer reporting agency. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, upon written request of the Administrator, to disclose to the Administrator the mailing address of any taxpayer for use in conducting evaluations of veterans' benefits programs. Permits further disclosure by the Administrator of a mailing address to a Veterans' Administration contractor for such purpose.

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Timeline

1. 24 February 1981

   Introduced

   Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 24 February 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 27 February 1981

   Committee

   Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 24 February 1981

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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