US Congress House Bill 2695 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on June 9 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-09 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SUN Act Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require: (1) the annual tax return information for tax-exempt organizations and deferred compensation plans to be made available to the public at no charge and in an open structured data format that is processable by computers, with the information easy to find, access, reuse, and download in bulk; and (2) the disclosure of the names and addresses of contributors of $5,000 or more to tax-exempt organizations that participate or intervene in political campaigns on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office. Authorizes the Internal Revenue Service to withhold from public inspection any social security account number included on the information return of a tax-exempt organization (i.e., Form 990).

SUN Act Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits Act

Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-06-09	House	Introduced in House

SB367 (Related) 2015-02-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB4064 (Related) 2015-11-18 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2695/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2695/BILLS-114hr2695ih.pdf