Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2017
Latest action · Jan 13, 2017 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 13, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2017
This bill requires any individual holding the office of President to submit federal tax returns to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). The individual must submit: (1) each return filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for any year ending while the individual is President, and (2) each return filed with the IRS for the three years before the individual assumed office.
After receiving the returns, the OGE must: (1) make the returns publicly available on the Internet, and (2) submit the returns to specified congressional committees.
No information may be redacted from the disclosed returns except for: (1) Social Security, tax identification, and account identification numbers; and (2) the names of any dependent of the taxpayer.
The bill establishes civil and criminal penalties to enforce the disclosure requirements. It also amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the IRS to disclose to the OGE any federal tax return that is required to be disclosed by this bill, but has not been submitted to the OGE within a specified deadline.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2017 to Jul 11, 2017; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Jan 13, 2017 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Feb 13, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Feb 13, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Feb 13, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Feb 13, 2017 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 13, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Feb 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Jul 11, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 13, 2017 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 13, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 13, 2017Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 9, January 13, 2017, page H547.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 950 | Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 4, 2019 |
| HR 6498 | Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2016 | Reintroduction of | Dec 8, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the disclosure of the Federal income tax returns of the President.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
