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<dc:title>119 S4881 IS: Unlocking Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic Funding Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-06-24</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 4881</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20260624">June 24, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S422">Mr. Welch</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="S411">Mr. Marshall</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on Finance</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the matching funds requirement for grants provided to low-income taxpayer clinics.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Unlocking Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic Funding Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="idA48FB4873FDD4A2C83BFB8BD638BDB70"><enum>2.</enum><header>Low-income taxpayer clinic funding unlocked</header><subsection id="idD8E64848322A4902AE904F88552F1D4D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Matching funds</header><text>Paragraph (5) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/7526">section 7526(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D02B8C208A0414FAED64D89D3BCBD76"><paragraph id="id4550335D55134EE68E8902F38C75A7B3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Requirement of matching funds</header><subparagraph id="id7BBE27D5208C4423B7BB61640854E54F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>With respect to any grant provided to a low-income taxpayer clinic under this section, such clinic shall provide matching funds equal to the applicable percentage of the amount of such grant.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id874460461F3C44A9996BC50BDE456C54"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Matching funds</header><clause id="idC06140F0F7F041BFA92A0E54457F124A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>matching funds</term> may include—</text><subclause id="idE062FB15373C4EC38443DA8898F33AD7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the salary (including fringe benefits) of individuals performing services for the low-income taxpayer clinic, and</text></subclause><subclause id="id932AED1879844C4FBBC0F9973A0AABFD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the cost of equipment used in the low-income taxpayer clinic.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id19DB06EF2EED435381AA73D3A808C4F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>matching funds</term> shall not include any indirect expenses, such as general overhead of the institution sponsoring the low-income taxpayer clinic.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6F911610BD9C4934AF67F5DA7D5F310A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Applicable percentage</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the applicable percentage shall be 100 percent, except that the Secretary may establish a lower percentage (not below 25 percent) if the Secretary determines that such percentage would expand the coverage of the low-income taxpayer clinic to additional taxpayers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id64B3A07E3918434FBB7247E4B5F2EEC4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/7526">Section 7526(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf183736162e1414c881356dca95c52ad"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (1) and (2), and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf54ffaf7670141368ebd422cf946d609"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (1) through (4).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc329ea237afc4ff5b08d652abdb58e30"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to calendar years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill>

