S 330 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

The Free Speech Fairness Act

Introduced Feb 5, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor James Lankford R-OK

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 5, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedFeb 5, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

The Free Speech Fairness Act

This bill permits a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status. An organization may not lose its tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or be deemed to have participated in, or intervened in any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, solely because of the content of any statement that (1) is made in the ordinary course of the organization's regular and customary activities in carrying out its exempt purpose, and (2) results in the organization incurring not more than de minimis incremental expenses.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 5, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 5, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 949Free Speech Fairness ActIdentical billFeb 4, 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

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  1. Feb 5, 2019Introduced in Senate

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