Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act
Latest action · Feb 3, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require: (1) the annual tax return information for tax-exempt organizations and deferred compensation plans to be made available to the public at no charge and in an open structured data format that is processable by computers, with the information easy to find, access, reuse, and download in bulk; and (2) the disclosure of the names and addresses of contributors of $5,000 or more to tax-exempt organizations that participate or intervene in political campaigns on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2017 to Jun 14, 2017; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Feb 3, 2017 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Feb 3, 2017 |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Feb 28, 2017 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Mar 14, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Jun 14, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Feb 3, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 3, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Feb 3, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 367 | Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act | Reintroduction of | Feb 4, 2015 |
| S 735 | Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 11, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that return information from tax-exempt organizations be made available in a searchable format and to provide the disclosure of the identity of contributors to certain tax-exempt organizations.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 3, 2017Introduced in Senate
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