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Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act

Introduced: March 17, 2021 Introduced by: Gooden, Lance Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 17, 2021
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Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act

This bill requires tax-exempt charitable organizations to disclose in annual reports contributions and gifts exceeding $50,000 received from foreign governments and foreign political parties. The reports must disclose the names of such governments and political parties and the aggregate amounts of contributions and gifts.

The bill requires the Department of the Treasury to make publicly available in a searchable database information relating to such gifts and contributions received from foreign governments and political parties and the aggregate amount received in each year from the the People's Republic of China, and (stated separately) from the Chinese Communist Party.

What's happening now March 17, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Banks, Jim
Indiana · Mar 17, 2021
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Mar 17, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1970: Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1970/
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"H.R. 1970: Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1970/.
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