H.R. 305: Presidential Tax Transparency Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-05 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Eshoo. Petition No: 115-1. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/115/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0001.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Eshoo. Petition No: 115-1. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/115/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0001.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Presidential Tax Transparency Act

Plain summary

Presidential Tax Transparency Act This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the President and certain candidates for President to disclose federal income tax returns for the three most recent taxable years in reports filed with either the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) or the Federal Election Commission (FEC), in the case of a candidate. The OGE or the FEC must make the disclosed tax returns publicly available after making appropriate redactions. If the income tax returns are not disclosed as required by this bill, the OGE or the FEC must request the returns from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the IRS, upon receiving a written request from the FEC or the OGE, to provide any income tax return that is required to be disclosed under this bill. The bill also establishes civil and criminal penalties for failing to file or falsifying income tax returns that are required to be disclosed pursuant to this bill.

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Official text

Presidential Tax Transparency Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] · 175 cosponsors

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Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA) and 115 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr305.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr305 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115