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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 26, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. ROSKAM:H.R. 5053.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:a) Article I, Section 1, which states, ``All legislativePowers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of theUnited States, which shall consist of a Senate and House ofRepresentatives''; andb) Article I, Section 7, which states, ``All Bills forraising Revenue shall originate in the House ofRepresentatives; but the Senate may propose or concur withAmendments as on other Bills''; andc) Article I, Section 8, which states, ``The Congress shallhave Power To lay and collect Taxes,'' ``To regulate Commercewith foreign Nations, and among the several States, and withthe Indian Tribes,'' and ``To make all Laws which shall benecessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof.''[Page H1995]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text>POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sarbanes motion to recommit with instructions, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sarbanes demanded the yeas and nays, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the motion to recommit until later in the legislative day.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act </b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from requiring a tax-exempt organization to include in annual returns the name, address, or other identifying information of any contributor. </p> <p>The bill includes exceptions for: (1) required disclosures regarding prohibited tax shelter transactions; and (2) contributions by the organization's officers, directors, or five highest compensated employees (including compensation paid by related organizations). </p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 9, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><b>Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act </b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from requiring a tax-exempt organization to include in annual returns the name, address, or other identifying information of any contributor. </p> <p>The bill includes exceptions for: (1) required disclosures regarding prohibited tax shelter transactions; and (2) contributions by the organization's officers, directors, or five highest compensated employees (including compensation paid by related organizations). </p>]]></text>
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