US Congress House Bill 6026 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 42-0)
Status: Introduced on September 14 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-09-14 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require each candidate for nomination or election to the office of President or Vice President to include in the financial disclosure reports the candidate is required to file under such Act a statement regarding whether or not the Secretary of the Treasury is in the process of auditing any of the candidate's individual Federal income tax returns. This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require candidates for nomination or election to the office of President or Vice President to include in financial disclosure reports a statement from the Department of the Treasury indicating whether or not the Internal Revenue Service is in the process of auditing any of the candidates' individual federal income tax returns, and, if so, the year of the tax return involved. Each candidate who won the nomination of a political party for election to the office of President or Vice President in 2016 must comply with this bill by September 26, 2016.

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require each candidate for nomination or election to the office of President or Vice President to include in the financial disclosure reports the candidate is required to file under such Act a statement regarding whether or not the Secretary of the Treasury is in the process of auditing any of the candidate's individual Federal income tax returns.

Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
2016-09-14	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6026/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr6026/BILLS-114hr6026ih.pdf