# 114-hr-4890: To impose a ban on the payment of bonuses to employees of the Internal Revenue Service until the Secretary of the Treasury develops and implements a comprehensive customer service strategy.

114-hr-4890, To impose a ban on the payment of bonuses to employees of the Internal Revenue Service until the Secretary of the Treasury develops and implements a comprehensive customer service strategy., is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] (R-PA); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4890
- Congress: 114
- Title: To impose a ban on the payment of bonuses to employees of the Internal Revenue Service until the Secretary of the Treasury develops and implements a comprehensive customer service strategy.
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Introduced: 2016-04-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from paying a bonus, award, or similar cash payment to an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee until Treasury submits to Congress a comprehensive customer service strategy that has been reviewed and approved by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. The strategy must include: (1) appropriate telephone and correspondence levels of service; (2) an assessment of which services the IRS can shift to self-service options; and (3) proposals to improve customer service over the short-term, the medium-term, and the long-term.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2016-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-4890 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4890)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4890 (as of 2025-11-18).