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S. 1405 (98th)

Federal Neutrality Act of 1983

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Introduced

6 June 1983

Last action

12 September 1984 · Committee

Status

Committee on Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution discharged from further consideration.

Sponsors

Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL], Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID], Sen. Jepsen, Roger W. [R-IA], Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC], Sen. East, John P. [R-NC], Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV]

Subjects

Taxation

Source updated

10 August 2026

Taxation

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Summary

Federal Neutrality Act of 1983 - Prohibits the disbursement of Government funds to any tax- exempt organization which engages in political advocacy or which is an affiliate of any organization which engages in political advocacy. Requires all U.S. agencies and departments which disburse such funds to adopt regulations requiring recipient organizations to disclose certain information. Requires all agencies and departments to perform annual audits of any recipient organizations to which they have disbursed funds. Requires recipient organizations to certify, under penalty of perjury, that they are not engaged in political advocacy.

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Timeline

  1. 6 June 1983

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 6 June 1983

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 15 June 1983

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.

    Source: Committee

  4. 30 January 1984

    Referred

    Committee on Judiciary. Committee jointly rereferred the bill to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

    Source: Committee

  5. 25 April 1984

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Separation of Powers. Hearings held.

    Source: Committee

  6. 23 May 1984

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Separation of Powers. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-961.

    Source: Committee

  7. 12 September 1984

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Separation of Powers. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

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