[Congressional Bills 114th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4459 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4459 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to issue identity protection personal identification numbers with respect to identity theft-related tax fraud. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 3, 2016 Mrs. Wagner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to issue identity protection personal identification numbers with respect to identity theft-related tax fraud. 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 ``Taxpayer Identity Theft Protection Act''. SEC. 2. IDENTITY PROTECTION PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS. (a) In General.--Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(i) Use of IP PINs.-- ``(1) In general.--At the request of any individual, the Secretary shall, after the individual's true identity has been established and verified, issue an identity protection personal identification number to such individual, and such number shall be used as the identifying number for such individual for purposes of this title. ``(2) Identity protection personal identification number defined.--For purposes of paragraph (1), an identity protection personal identification number is a number assigned by the Secretary to a taxpayer to help prevent the misuse of the social security account number of the taxpayer on fraudulent Federal income tax returns.''. (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 6109(d) of such Code is amended by inserting ``provided by subsection (i) or as'' after ``except as''. (c) Publicity of IP PIN Availability.--The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary's delegate, shall publicize the availability of the use of identity protection personal identification numbers pursuant to section 6109(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including through electronic means. (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to requests made after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>