[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6026 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6026

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require each candidate 
for nomination or election to the office of President or Vice President 
    to include in the financial disclosure reports the candidate is 
 required to file under such Act a statement regarding whether or not 
the Secretary of the Treasury is in the process of auditing any of the 
           candidate's individual Federal income tax returns.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2016

Mr. Huffman (for himself, Mr. Polis, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. Napolitano, 
Mr. Walz, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
Heck of Washington, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Esty, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. 
  Cartwright, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
    Perlmutter, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Lewis, Ms. Clark of 
Massachusetts, Ms. Brownley of California, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Larson of 
   Connecticut, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
   Loebsack, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Murphy of 
  Florida, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Frankel of 
   Florida, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Grijalva, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, and Mr. Ruiz) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
                         and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require each candidate 
for nomination or election to the office of President or Vice President 
    to include in the financial disclosure reports the candidate is 
 required to file under such Act a statement regarding whether or not 
the Secretary of the Treasury is in the process of auditing any of the 
           candidate's individual Federal income tax returns.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIRING CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT TO 
              PROVIDE INFORMATION ON AUDIT STATUS OF FEDERAL INCOME TAX 
              RETURNS.

    (a) Disclosure of Audit Status Required.--Section 102 of the Ethics 
in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 102) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) In the case of a report filed pursuant to subsection (c) of 
section 101 by an individual who is a candidate for nomination or 
election to the office of President or Vice President, the report shall 
include a statement obtained by the individual from the Secretary of 
the Treasury regarding whether or not the Secretary is in the process 
of auditing any of the individual's individual Federal income tax 
returns, and, if so, the taxable year of the tax return involved.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
        apply with respect to individuals who first become candidates 
        for election to the office of President or Vice President after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Special rule for 2016.--Each candidate who won the 
        nomination of a political party for election to the office of 
        President or Vice President in 2016 shall comply with 
        subsection (j) of section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act 
        of 1978, as added by subsection (a), not later than September 
        26, 2016.
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