H.R. 5581: CLINTON Act of 2016
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H.R. 5581: CLINTON Act of 2016
114th Congress · introduced 2016-06-24 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2016-06-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
CLINTON Act of 2016
Plain summary
Contributions Legally Interdicted from Noncitizens To Our Nonprofits Act of 2016 or the CLINTON Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a federal official organization from being treated as a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) for any period after the date on which the organization knowingly or willingly accepts or solicits any contribution from any person connected to a foreign government. A tax-exempt organization is a "federal official organization" if one or more current or former specified federal officials established, control, or actively participate in the management of the organization. If the organization accepts a contribution from any person and learns that that the person is connected to a foreign government after the acceptance, it will not be treated as knowingly or willingly accepting the contribution if the contribution is returned within 30 days of learning of the status of the person. The bill imposes a tax on any federal official organization that knowingly or willingly accepts any contribution from any person connected to any foreign government in an amount equal to the amount of the contribution.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
CLINTON Act of 2016
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr5581.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr5581 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114