H.R. 2695: Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-09 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits Act

Plain summary

Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits Act or the SUN Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require: (1) the annual tax return information for tax-exempt organizations and deferred compensation plans to be made available to the public at no charge and in an open structured data format that is processable by computers, with the information easy to find, access, reuse, and download in bulk; and (2) the disclosure of the names and addresses of contributors of $5,000 or more to tax-exempt organizations that participate or intervene in political campaigns on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office. Authorizes the Internal Revenue Service to withhold from public inspection any social security account number included on the information return of a tax-exempt organization (i.e., Form 990).

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Official text

Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] · 5 cosponsors

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Judy Chu (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Juan Vargas (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr2695.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2695 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114