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HR 5690 113th Congress House Taxation Professional sports Racial and ethnic relations Tax-exempt organizations

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit tax-exempt status to professional sports leagues that promote the use of the term redskins.

Introduced: November 12, 2014 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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Nov 12, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 12, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1535-1536)
Nov 12, 2014
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth a special rule to deny tax-exempt status to a professional sports league that promotes, or allows a member club or franchise to promote, the use of the term "redskin" in connection with any team or club connected with such league.

What's happening now November 12, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5690: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit tax-exempt status to professional sports leagues that promote the use of the term redskins.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5690/
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"H.R. 5690: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit tax-exempt status to professional sports leagues that promote the use of the term redskins.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5690/.
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H.R. 5690, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5690/.
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[H.R. 5690: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit tax-exempt status to professional sports leagues that promote the use of the term redskins.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5690/)
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