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S 2253 112th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Federal officials Financial services and investments Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Financial Disclosure to Reduce Tax Haven Abuse Act of 2012

Introduced: March 29, 2012 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Mar 29, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2247)
Mar 29, 2012
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2246)
Mar 29, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Financial Disclosure to Reduce Tax Haven Abuse Act of 2012 - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require individuals subject to the disclosure requirements of such Act (and their spouses) to provide a specific accounting of any financial interest which they hold in a country that is listed as a tax haven by the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires the Secretary, in compiling a list of tax havens, to consider including those jurisdictions which have been identified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as secrecy jurisdictions in federal court proceedings.

What's happening now March 29, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2247)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2253: Financial Disclosure to Reduce Tax Haven Abuse Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2253/
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"S. 2253: Financial Disclosure to Reduce Tax Haven Abuse Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2253/.
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S. 2253, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2253/.
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