Holy Sovereignty Protection Act
Official title: To protect the citizenship of, and provide tax-exempt status to, any American elected as the Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Holy Sovereignty Protection Act
This bill provides that the U.S. citizenship of an individual elected as the Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church may not be revoked and exempts such individual from federal income taxes for tax years during which the individual serves in such role for any part of the tax year. (As background, the income of a U.S. citizen generally is subject to U.S. income tax regardless of where such income is earned or received or where the individual resides.)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4501: Holy Sovereignty Protection Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4501/
"H.R. 4501: Holy Sovereignty Protection Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4501/.
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