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This bill seeks to protect the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from being overburdened by additional functions from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Specifically, the bill requires that before any DHS function can be imposed on IRS personnel, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) must first determine two key things: first, that the IRS staff have been adequately trained to perform the new function, and second, that taking on this new responsibility will not interfere with the IRS's primary missions of helping taxpayers understand their tax responsibilities and enforcing tax laws fairly. The TIGTA's determination must be published in the Federal Register and can be terminated by the Inspector General at any time. The bill also makes a technical amendment to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reference this new requirement. The overall aim is to ensure that the IRS can continue to provide quality service to taxpayers without being distracted or hindered by additional, potentially unrelated duties from another federal agency.