I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5007 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt private foundations 
from the tax on excess business holdings in the case of certain philan-
thropic enterprises which are independently supervised, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 20, 2016 
Mr. REICHERT (for himself, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. 
NEAL, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Ms. ESTY, 
Mr. BYRNE, and Mr. HIMES) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt 
private foundations from the tax on excess business hold-
ings in the case of certain philanthropic enterprises 
which are independently supervised, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Philanthropic Enter-
prise Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCEPTION FROM PRIVATE FOUNDATION EXCESS 
BUSINESS HOLDING TAX FOR CERTAIN PHIL-
ANTHROPIC BUSINESS HOLDINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4943 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
PHILANTHROPIC 
BUSINESS HOLDINGS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) shall not 
apply with respect to the holdings of a private foun-
dation in any business enterprise which for the tax-
able year meets— 
‘‘(A) the exclusive ownership requirements 
of paragraph (2), 
‘‘(B) the all profits to charity distribution 
requirement of paragraph (3), and 
‘‘(C) the independent operation require-
ments of paragraph (4). 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSIVE
OWNERSHIP.—The exclusive 
ownership requirements of this paragraph are met 
if— 
‘‘(A) all ownership interests in the business 
enterprise are held by the private foundation at 
all times during the taxable year, and 
‘‘(B) all the private foundation’s ownership 
interests in the business enterprise were ac-
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quired under the terms of a will or trust upon 
the death of the testator or settlor, as the case 
may be. 
‘‘(3) ALL PROFITS TO CHARITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The all profits to 
charity distribution requirement of this para-
graph is met if the business enterprise, not 
later than 120 days after the close of the tax-
able year, distributes an amount equal to its net 
operating income for such taxable year to the 
private foundation. 
‘‘(B) NET OPERATING INCOME.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, the net operating in-
come of any business enterprise for any taxable 
year is an amount equal to the gross income of 
the business enterprise for the taxable year, re-
duced by the sum of— 
‘‘(i) the deductions allowed by chapter 
1 for the taxable year which are directly 
connected with the production of such in-
come, 
‘‘(ii) the tax imposed by chapter 1 on 
the business enterprise for the taxable 
year, and 
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