US Congress Senate Bill 2253 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2247)
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Financial Disclosure to Reduce Tax Haven Abuse Act of 2012 - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require individuals subject to the disclosure requirements of such Act (and their spouses) to provide a specific accounting of any financial interest which they hold in a country that is listed as a tax haven by the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires the Secretary, in compiling a list of tax havens, to consider including those jurisdictions which have been identified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as secrecy jurisdictions in federal court proceedings.

Financial Disclosure to Reduce Tax Haven Abuse Act of 2012

Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]

Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]

Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2247)
2012-03-29	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2246)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2253/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s2253/BILLS-112s2253is.pdf