[Congressional Bills 113th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2045 Introduced in House (IH)] 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2045 To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service from initiating any new audits for 180 days. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 17, 2013 Mr. Fleming (for himself, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Culberson, and Mr. Benishek) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service from initiating any new audits for 180 days. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``HALT the IRS Act''. SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF AUTHORITY OF IRS TO INITIATE NEW AUDITS. An officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service shall not initiate any new audit of any taxpayer during the 180-day period beginning with the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>