Tax Transparency Act of 2019

3.0.0 1489 2022-11-01T17:03:28Z 2022-11-01T17:03:28Z House HR 2019-03-04 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 38 (Monday, March 4, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. POSEY:H.R. 1489.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution which declaresthat ``Congress may at any time by Law make or alter suchRegulations'' regarding the manner of holding elections forSenators and Representatives. Article 1, Section 5, Paragraph2 also enumerates the right of each House to determine ``theRules of its Proceedings''. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1declares Congress' right to ``lay and collect Taxes.''Finally, Article 1, Section 8 clarifies that Congress has theright to make ``all Laws which shall be necessary and properfor carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.''As part of Congress' authority to regulate elections, itsown proceedings, and collect Taxes, it is in keeping with thepower invested in Congress in the Necessary and Proper Clauseto require the disclosure of tax returns for elected federalofficials and candidates for those positions.[Page H2322]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-03-04T16:30:45Z 2019-03-04 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2019-03-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-03-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000599 Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] Bill Posey R FL 8 N L000586 Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5] Al Lawson D FL 5 2019-03-18 False G000559 Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] John Garamendi D CA 3 2019-04-04 False Taxation Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Members of Congress Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Taxation

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This bill requires the President, the Vice President, Members of Congress, and candidates for such offices to publicly disclose their individual tax returns for the previous seven years.

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Tax Transparency Act of 2019 Display Title Tax Transparency Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require public disclosure of individual tax returns of the President, the Vice President, and Members of Congress, and candidates for such offices. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Tax Transparency Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr1489ih/xml/BILLS-116hr1489ih.xml 2019-03-04 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.