[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4064 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4064

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Secretary of 
   the Treasury to withhold social security numbers on Form 990 from 
                           public disclosure.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2015

 Mr. Cicilline (for himself and Mr. Doggett) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Secretary of 
   the Treasury to withhold social security numbers on Form 990 from 
                           public disclosure.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO WITHHOLD SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS ON 
              FORM 990 FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.

    (a) Inspection of Annual Returns.--Section 6104(b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: 
``The Secretary may withhold from public inspection any social security 
account number included in information required to be made available 
under this subsection.''.
    (b) Public Inspection of Certain Annual Returns, Reports, 
Applications for Exemption, and Notices of Status.--Section 
6104(d)(3)(B) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``or disclosure of any social security account number 
included in information required to be made available under this 
subsection.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to disclosures made after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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