Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code
Chapter 76 — Judicial Proceedings
§ 7401. Authorization
Statutory text
No civil action for the collection or recovery of taxes, or of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture, shall be commenced unless the Secretary authorizes or sanctions the proceedings and the Attorney General or his delegate directs that the action be commenced.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 873 · 68A Stat. 873
Enacted · 26 U.S.C. § 7401
Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 873
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 873Pub. L. 94–455 title XIX § 1906(b)(13)(A) · 90 Stat. 1520
Struck · 26 U.S.C. § 7401
Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended by this Act, is amended by striking out “Secretary or his delegate” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Secretary”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.
Credits
1954–1976 · 2 acts
- 1954Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 873
- 1976Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), , 90 Stat. 1834.
Show as published
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 873; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), , 90 Stat. 1834.)