S 2884
113th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Professional sports
Racial and ethnic relations
Tax-exempt organizations
A bill 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: September 18, 2014
Introduced by:
Cantwell, Maria
Democratic
· Washington
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 18, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 18, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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