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HR 5612 99th Congress House Taxation Income tax Local and Municipal Government Local taxation Municipal politics and government Tax administration Tax returns

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the disclosure of returns and return information in the case of cities with a population of more than 250,000 but not more than…

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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the disclosure of returns and return information in the case of cities with a population of more than 250,000 but not more than 2,000,000.

Introduced: September 29, 1986 Introduced by: Kaptur, Marcy Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
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Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 29, 1986
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the disclosure of income tax returns and return information to officials of municipalities with a population of more than 250,000. (Present law allows such disclosure only to municipalities with a population in excess of 2,000,000.)

What's happening now September 29, 1986

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5612: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the disclosure of returns and return information in the case of cities with a population of more than 250,000 but not more than 2,000,000.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-5612/
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"H.R. 5612: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the disclosure of returns and return information in the case of cities with a population of more than 250,000 but not more than 2,000,000.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-5612/.
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H.R. 5612, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-5612/.
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[H.R. 5612: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the disclosure of returns and return information in the case of cities with a population of more than 250,000 but not more than 2,000,000.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-5612/)
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