H.Con.Res. 4: Expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-28 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Official title

Expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States.

Plain summary

This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies serve as a private economic and social support system, providing benefits to their members is necessary to support the charitable and fraternal activities of the volunteer chapters, and their work should continue to be promoted.

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Expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] · 122 cosponsors

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hconres4.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hconres>

Record fed-us-cong119-hconres4 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills