3.0.0 264 2023-01-11T13:34:51Z 2023-01-11T13:34:51Z Senate S 2017-02-01 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-01T22:17:45Z Free Speech Fairness Act 115 781 HR 2017-02-01 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act 115 88 HR 2018-12-21 Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment. Related bill CRS An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. 115 1 HR 2017-12-22 Signed by President. Related bill CRS 2017-02-01 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-02-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK N P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2017-02-01 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2017-02-02 False C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2017-03-09 False S001202 Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] Luther Strange R AL 2017-04-24 False R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-12-01 False Taxation Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Public participation and lobbying Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Tax-exempt organizations Taxation 00 2017-02-01 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-08T15:16:44Z Free Speech Fairness Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status. An organization may not lose its tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) or be deemed to have participated in, or intervened in any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, solely because of the content of any statement that: (1) is made in the ordinary course of the organization's regular and customary activities in carrying out its exempt purpose, and (2) results in the organization incurring not more than de minimis incremental expenses.

]]> The Free Speech Fairness Act Display Title The Free Speech Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced The Free Speech Fairness Act Introduced in Senate 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s264is/xml/BILLS-115s264is.xml 2017-02-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.