[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 195 (Thursday, November 30, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S7591]
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SA 1698. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation
pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 2018; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. CERTIFICATION OF NO PRESIDENTIAL BENEFIT.
(a) In General.--The provisions of this Act shall be null
and void and of no effect until--
(1) the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service
certifies that, based on a review of the tax returns of the
President of the United States for the 3 most recent taxable
years, the President would not have benefited in any of such
taxable years if the provisions of this Act had been in
effect in such year; and
(2) the Commissioner makes publicly available the tax
returns on which such certification is based.
(b) Redaction of Certain Information.--The tax returns
which must be made publicly available by the Commissioner of
the Internal Revenue Service under subsection (a) may be
redacted to remove such information as the Director of the
Office of Government Ethics, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury, determines appropriate.
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