H.R.2450: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to place the burden of proof on the Secretary of the Treasury in civil cases and on the taxpayer in administrative proceedings, to require 30 days notice and judicial consent before lien or seizure, to increase the limit on recovery of civil damages for unauthorized collection actions and exclude such damages from income, and for other purposes.

Bill Cosponsors

41 (18 Democrats, 23 Republicans)

• Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.)
• James A. Barcia (D-Mich.)
• Tom Bliley (R-Va.)
• Dan Burton (R-Ind.)
• Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)
• William Clay (D-Mo.)
• Christopher Cox (R-Calif.)
• Nathan Deal (R-Ga.)
• John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.)
• Jennifer B. Dunn (R-Wash.)
• Bill Emerson (R-Mo.)
• Phil English (R-Pa.)
• Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa)
• Pete Geren (D-Texas)
• Henry B. Gonzalez (D-Texas)
• Gene Green (D-Texas)
• Steve Gunderson (R-Wis.)
• Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.)
• Joel Hefley (R-Colo.)
• Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.)
• Martin R. Hoke (R-Ohio)
• Tim Holden (D-Pa.)
• John Nathan Hostettler (R-Ind.)
• Steve Largent (R-Okla.)
• James Ross Lightfoot (R-Iowa)
• William O. Lipinski (D-Ill.)
• Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)
• Howard P. McKeon (R-Calif.)
• Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.)
• Sue Myrick (R-N.C.)
• Charles W. Norwood (R-Ga.)
• Mike Parker (R-Miss.)
• Lynn N. Rivers (D-Mich.)
• Toby A. Roth (R-Wis.)
• H. James Saxton (R-N.J.)
• Gerald B.H. Solomon (R-N.Y.)
• Karen L. Thurman (D-Fla.)
• Peter Gerard Torkildsen (R-Mass.)
• Esteban Edward Torres (D-Calif.)
• Melvin Watt (D-N.C.)
• Albert Russell Wynn (D-Md.)

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