[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2529 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2529

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the President, Vice 
President, and Cabinet-level officers to release their tax returns, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2023

   Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the President, Vice 
President, and Cabinet-level officers to release their tax returns, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Service Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF TAX RETURNS BY CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE 
              PRESIDENT OR NOMINEE FOR CABINET-LEVEL POSITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 13104 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j)(1) Any report filed pursuant to section 13103(c) by an 
individual who is a candidate for the office of President or Vice 
President shall include the individuals return of Federal income tax 
for the taxable year ending in or with the applicable calendar year 
covered by such report and such returns for the previous two taxable 
years.
    ``(2) Any report filed pursuant to section 13103(b) by an 
individual who is a nominee for a Cabinet-level position shall include 
the individuals return of Federal income tax for the taxable year 
ending in or with the applicable calendar year covered by such report 
and such returns for the previous two taxable years.
    ``(3) Any report filed pursuant to section 13103 (d) and (e) by the 
President, Vice President, or any individual occupying a Cabinet-level 
position shall include the President's, Vice President's, or 
individual's (as the case may be) return of Federal income tax for the 
taxable year ending in or with the applicable calendar year covered by 
such report.
    ``(4) If any person covered by paragraph (1), (2), or (3) files the 
return for such taxable year with the Internal Revenue Service after 
the due date for such report, such return shall be submitted (in the 
same manner as such a report) not later than 30 days after such return 
was so filed.
    ``(5) In this subsection, the term `Cabinet-level position' means--
            ``(A) the head of any Executive department (as that term is 
        defined in section 101); and
            ``(B) any other position designated by the President as a 
        position within the Cabinet.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to any individual who becomes a candidate for the office, or assumes 
the office, of President or Vice President, or becomes a nominee for, 
or assumes, a Cabinet-level position (as that term is defined in 
section 13104(j)(5) of title 5, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a)), after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE PERMITTED.

    (a) In General.--Section 6103(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(9) Disclosure of tax returns under chapter 131 of title 
        5.--The Director of the Office of Government Ethics may 
        disclose returns described in section 13104(j)(5) of title 5, 
        United States Code, to the extent such returns are required to 
        be made available pursuant to such section.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to disclosures made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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