Supporting the goals and ideals of National Transparency Day, which promotes the financial transparency of charitable organizations.
Latest action · May 4, 2004 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 4, 2004
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) supports the goals and ideals of National Transparency Day, which promotes the financial transparency of charitable organizations; (2) recognizes that financial transparency is relevant to a great number of entities in the United States, including ministries, nonprofit and other organizations, corporations, and schools; (3) pledges to make bipartisan efforts to enact laws to protect donors from charitable organizations that are not financially transparent; and (4) acknowledges that the people of the United States are an exceedingly generous people and that National Transparency Day will encourage even greater generosity.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
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- May 4, 2004Introduced in House
- May 4, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commemorations.
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- May 4, 2004Introduced in House
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