This is an interesting bill that recently passed.

With the health care bill becoming law, and a tax makes this more interesting. If you do not pay your taxes you can not leave country.

1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
2 section shall apply to taxes received after the date of the
3 enactment of this Act.
4 SEC. 40304. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT IN CASE
5 OF CERTAIN UNPAID TAXES.
6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter D of chapter 75 of the
7 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at
8 the end the following new section:
9 ‘‘SEC. 7345. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT IN CASE
10 OF CERTAIN TAX DELINQUENCIES.
11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary receives certifi12
cation by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that any
13 individual has a seriously delinquent tax debt in an
14 amount in excess of $50,000, the Secretary shall transmit
15 such certification to the Secretary of State for action with
16 respect to denial, revocation, or limitation of a passport
17 pursuant to section 4 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate
18 the issue and validity of passports, and for other purposes’,
19 approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), commonly
20 known as the ‘Passport Act of 1926’.
21 ‘‘(b) SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBT.—For pur22
poses of this section, the term ‘seriously delinquent tax debt’
23 means an outstanding debt under this title for which a no24
tice of lien has been filed in public records pursuant to sec

Here is the Link to the bill

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr4348eas/pdf/BILLS-112hr4348eas.pdf

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