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H.R. 305 (115th)

Presidential Tax Transparency Act

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

5 January 2017

Last action

5 April 2017 · Discharge

Status

Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Eshoo. Petition No: 115-1. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/115/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0001.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

Sponsors

Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26], Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8], Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3], Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3], Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5], Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10], Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1], Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3], Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18], Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17], Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14], Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25], Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1], Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]

Subjects

Taxation

Source updated

5 December 2025

Taxation

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Summary

Presidential Tax Transparency Act This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the President and certain candidates for President to disclose federal income tax returns for the three most recent taxable years in reports filed with either the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) or the Federal Election Commission (FEC), in the case of a candidate. The OGE or the FEC must make the disclosed tax returns publicly available after making appropriate redactions. If the income tax returns are not disclosed as required by this bill, the OGE or the FEC must request the returns from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the IRS, upon receiving a written request from the FEC or the OGE, to provide any income tax return that is required to be disclosed under this bill. The bill also establishes civil and criminal penalties for failing to file or falsifying income tax returns that are required to be disclosed pursuant to this bill.

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Timeline

  1. 5 January 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 5 January 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 5 January 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 5 January 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 5 April 2017

    Discharge

    Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Eshoo. Petition No: 115-1. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/115/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0001.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

    Source: Discharge

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