# 114-hr-6238: To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for issuing identity protection personal identification numbers (IP PINs) to adopted children for purposes of tax administration.

114-hr-6238, To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for issuing identity protection personal identification numbers (IP PINs) to adopted children for purposes of tax administration., is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-6238
- Congress: 114
- Title: To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for issuing identity protection personal identification numbers (IP PINs) to adopted children for purposes of tax administration.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2016-09-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a program under which the legal guardian of an adopted child may obtain an identity protection personal identification number (IP PIN) for the child to prevent an individual from improperly claiming tax benefits with respect to the child. The IRS may require a child's IP PIN to be included in a tax return as a condition of receiving any tax benefit with respect to the child.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2016-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2016-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2016-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-6238 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6238)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6238 (as of 2025-11-18).