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S 1121 116th Congress Senate Taxation Professional sports Tax-exempt organizations

PRO Sports Act

Introduced: April 10, 2019 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Apr 10, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 10, 2019
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Properly Reducing Overexemptions for Sports Act or the PRO Sports Act

This bill removes professional football leagues from the list of tax-exempt organizations. The bill also prohibits an organization or entity from being treated as tax-exempt if it (1) is a professional sports league, organization, or association, a substantial activity of which is to foster national or international professional sports competitions; and (2) has annual gross receipts in excess of $10 million.

What's happening now April 10, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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