Free Speech Fairness Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in … Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in the ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Free Speech Fairness Act
This bill permits a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status. An organization may not lose its tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or be deemed to have participated in, or intervened in any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, solely because of the content of any statement that (1) is made in the ordinary course of the organization's regular and customary activities in carrying out its exempt purpose, and (2) results in the organization incurring not more than de minimis incremental expenses.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 837: Free Speech Fairness Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-837/
"H.R. 837: Free Speech Fairness Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-837/.
H.R. 837, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-837/.
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