3.0.0 2058 2023-01-11T13:36:00Z 2023-01-11T13:36:00Z House HR 2017-04-06 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 60 (Thursday, April 6, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. POE of Texas:H.R. 2058.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1[Page H2792]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-04-06T13:05:10Z 2017-04-06 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2017-04-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-04-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000592 Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] Ted Poe R TX 2 N W000814 Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14] Randy Weber R TX K. 14 2017-04-06 True C001094 Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] Paul Cook R CA 8 2017-04-06 True P000605 Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4] Scott Perry R PA 4 2017-04-06 True Taxation Foreign property Government information and archives Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Tax-exempt organizations Terrorism Taxation 00 2017-04-06 Introduced in House 2017-09-12T14:54:51Z Charity Transparency Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require tax-exempt organizations to disclose details regarding employees and board members involved in terror finance activities.

An organization applying for tax-exempt status must disclose in its application the names and addresses of any officer, director, trustee, or highly compensated employee who, at any time prior to the date of the application, was:

  • a member or employee of an organization: (1) named on the Department of the Treasury's Designated Charities and Potential Fundraising Front Organizations for FTOs (Foreign Terrorist Organizations) list, or (2) with property that has been blocked pending investigation by Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control;
  • an unindicted co-conspirator with respect to a terror finance scheme of an organization described above; or
  • an employee of any charity found liable for civil damages due to an act of international terrorism.

In lieu of the disclosure, the organization may include a statement indicating that no officer, director, trustee, or highly compensated employee of the organization (or individual with similar powers and responsibilities) meets the criteria described above.

Tax-exempt organizations must also include either the required disclosure or the statement in annual tax returns filed after the enactment of this bill.

]]> Charity Transparency Act of 2017 Display Title Charity Transparency Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for disclosure for charity employees and board members previously implicated in terror finance. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Charity Transparency Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2058ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2058ih.xml 2017-04-06 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.