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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1938 

To require the President-elect to submit copies to the Committee on House 

Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

Rules and Administration of the Senate of the Federal income tax 

returns filed for the 4 most recent taxable years, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 5, 2017 

Mr. GARRETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require the President-elect to submit copies to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate of the Federal income tax returns 

filed for the 4 most recent taxable years, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘President-Elect Re5 lease of Tax Return Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIRING PRESIDENT-ELECT TO SUBMIT COPIES 

2 OF INCOME TAX RETURNS TO COMMITTEES 

3 OF CONGRESS. 

4 (a) SUBMISSION.—The President-elect shall submit a 

5 copy of each Federal income tax return filed by such indi6 vidual with the Internal Revenue Service for the 4 most 

7 recent taxable years to— 

8 (1) the chair and ranking minority member of 

9 the Committee on House Administration of the 

10 House of Representatives; and 

11 (2) the chair and ranking minority member of 

12 the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 

13 Senate. 

14 (b) PERMITTED REDACTIONS.—The President-elect 

15 may redact from the copy of any Federal income tax re16 turn submitted under this section any of the following: 

17 (1) Any Social Security number of any indi18 vidual. 

19 (2) Any taxpayer identification number of any 

20 person. 

21 (3) Any account identification number. 

22 (4) Any name of any dependent of the taxpayer. 

23 (c) DEADLINE.—The President-elect shall submit the 

24 information required under this section not later than the 

25 date of the meeting of the Senate and House of Represent26 atives held pursuant to section 15 of title 3, United States 


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1 Code, to count the electoral votes for President and Vice 

2 President. 

3 SEC. 3. ALTERNATIVE DISCLOSURE OF RETURNS BY SEC4 RETARY OF THE TREASURY; PERMITTING 

5 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY COMMIT6 TEES. 

7 Section 6103(l) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

8 is amended by adding at the end the following new para9 graph: 

10 ‘‘(23) DISCLOSURE OF TAX RETURNS OF PRESI11 DENT-ELECT CANDIDATES.— 

12 ‘‘(A) DISCLOSURE TO COMMITTEES OF

13 CONGRESS IF CANDIDATE DOES NOT MEET DIS14 CLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.—If the President15 elect does not submit a copy of a Federal in16 come tax return to the chairs and ranking mi17 nority members of the Committees on House 

18 Administration of the House of Representatives 

19 and Rules and Administration of the Senate, as 

20 required under section 2 of the President-Elect 

21 Release of Tax Return Act of 2017, by the date 

22 specified in subsection (c) of such section (or if 

23 any such return so submitted is incomplete or 

24 inaccurate), the Secretary shall disclose such re25 turn to the chairs and ranking minority memVerDate Sep 11 2014 20:41 Apr 17, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1938.IH H1938

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1 bers of such Committees not later than 10 days 

2 after such date. 

3 ‘‘(B) REDACTIONS.—The Secretary shall 

4 redact the information described in paragraphs 

5 (1) through (4) of subsection (b) of section 2 of 

6 the President-Elect Release of Tax Return Act 

7 of 2017 with respect to a Federal income tax 

8 return of the President-elect before disclosing 

9 the return under subparagraph (A). 

10 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INFORMA11 TION.—The chairs and ranking minority mem12 bers of the Committees referred to in subpara13 graph (A) may disclose any information con14 tained in a return submitted by the President15 elect under section 2 of the President-Elect Re16 lease of Tax Return Act of 2017 or disclosed by 

17 the Secretary under subparagraph (A).’’. 

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