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H.R.5833 / 113th Congress

Taxpayer Protections Against Abusive Seizures Act

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Dec 10, 2014

Taxpayer Protections Against Abusive Seizures Act - Requires notice of a right to request a court hearing to each person whose property is seized or restrained because of an alleged violation of the prohibition against structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements.

Requires the seized or restrained property to be returned, if the person requests a court hearing within 14 days after receiving such notice, unless within 14 days of that request the court holds an adversarial hearing and finds probable cause to believe that such a violation exists.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] · R–MI

Committees

  • Financial Services Committee
1 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

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  1. Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Introduced in House

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