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Digitized from Box 20 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 22, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
EXECUTIVE ORDER
INSPECTION OF INCOME, ESTATE AND GIFT TAX
RETURNS BY THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
By virtue of the authority vested in me by
Section 6103 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954 (26 U.S.C. 6103 (a) it is hereby ordered that
any income, estate, or gift tax return for the
years 1955 to 1975, inclusive, shall, subject to
the conditions imposed herein, during the Ninety-
fourth Congress, be open to inspection by the House
of Representatives Committee on Government Operations,
or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, in con-
nection with its studies of the operation of
Government activities at all levels with a view to
determining the economy and efficiency of the
Government.
Such inspection shall be in accordance and
upon. compliance with the rules and regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in
Treasury Decision 6132, relating to the inspection
of returns by committees of the Congress, approved
by the President on May 3, 1955, as amended by a
Treasury decision approved by me this date, provided,
however, that whenever it is necessary for the
Committee or subcommittee, pertaining to a matter
within its jurisdiction and pertinent to a study
of the practices, procedures, or operations of
the Internal Revenue Service, to inspect a class,
category, or any other identifiable grouping of
returns, and whenever the name or addresses of the
taxpayers are unknown to the Committee or subcommittee,
the requirement of Treasury Decision 6132, with re-
spect to providing the names and addresses of the
taxpayers whose returns are to be inspected, shall
be deemed to be satisfied by a definition of the
class, category, or any other identifiable grouping
of the returns to be inspected.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall
comply with the applicable provisions of the
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) by receiving
from the Committee or subcommittee, prior to such
inspection, a written statement, which statement
(1) specifies the purpose of the inspection; and
(2) establishes that the inspection relates to a
matter within the jurisdiction of the Committee
or subcommittee, unless the Commissioner has
received the written consent of the taxpayer to
the inspection.
GERALD R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 22, 1976
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