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HR 3085 111th Congress House

Tribal Charities Fairness Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of Indian tribal governments as State governments for purposes of determining the sourc… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of Indian tribal governments as State governments for purposes of determining the sources of support of charitable organizations.

Introduced: July 31, 2009 See on congress.gov
Taxation Indian social and development programsSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTax-exempt organizations
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jun 26, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 26, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1627)
Jun 26, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 26, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tribal Charities Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require that Indian tribal governments be treated as state governments for purposes of the public charity-private foundation classification.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Republican 1
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Sep 22, 2009
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jul 31, 2009
 D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Jul 28, 2009
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jul 9, 2009
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Jun 26, 2009
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 26, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3085: Tribal Charities Fairness Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3085/
MLA
"H.R. 3085: Tribal Charities Fairness Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3085/.
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H.R. 3085, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3085/.
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