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HR 1938 115th Congress House

President-Elect Release of Tax Return Act of 2017

Official title: To require the President-elect to submit copies to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Adminis… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the President-elect to submit copies to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate of the Federal income tax returns filed for the 4 most recent taxable years, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
Taxation Congressional oversightElections, voting, political campaign regulationGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsTax administration and collection, taxpayers
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Apr 5, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 5, 2017
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 Latest action April 5, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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President-Elect Release of Tax Return Act of 2017

This bill requires the President-elect to submit a copy of each federal income tax return filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the four most recent taxable years to the chairs and ranking minority members of: (1) the House Administration Committee, and (2) the Senate Rules Committee. The returns must be submitted no later than the date of the meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives to count the electoral votes for President and Vice President.

The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the IRS to disclose the required tax returns to the chairs and ranking minority members of the two congressional committees if the President-elect does not submit the returns by the deadline.

The President-elect may redact from the returns any: (1) Social Security number, (2) taxpayer identification number, (3) account identification number, and (4) name of any dependent of the taxpayer. The IRS must make the redactions if it discloses the returns.

The chairs and ranking members of the two committees may disclose any information contained in a tax return submitted pursuant to this bill.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
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Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Aug 4, 2017
Sanford, Mark
· Jul 20, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1938: President-Elect Release of Tax Return Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1938/
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"H.R. 1938: President-Elect Release of Tax Return Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1938/.
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H.R. 1938, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1938/.
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