I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6026 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require each candidate 
for nomination or election to the office of President or Vice President 
to include in the financial disclosure reports the candidate is required 
to file under such Act a statement regarding whether or not the Secretary 
of the Treasury is in the process of auditing any of the candidate’s 
individual Federal income tax returns. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 
Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself, Mr. POLIS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. NAPOLI-
TANO, Mr. WALZ, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. ESTY, Mr. 
GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. MEEKS, 
Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. BROWNLEY of Cali-
fornia, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Mr. CLAY, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, 
Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. PASCRELL, 
Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, and Mr. RUIZ) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form 
A BILL 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require 
each candidate for nomination or election to the office 
of President or Vice President to include in the financial 
disclosure reports the candidate is required to file under 
such Act a statement regarding whether or not the Sec-
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retary of the Treasury is in the process of auditing 
any of the candidate’s individual Federal income tax 
returns. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REQUIRING CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND 
VICE PRESIDENT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION 
ON AUDIT STATUS OF FEDERAL INCOME TAX 
RETURNS. 
(a) DISCLOSURE OF AUDIT STATUS REQUIRED.— 
Section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App. 102) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) In the case of a report filed pursuant to sub-
section (c) of section 101 by an individual who is a can-
didate for nomination or election to the office of President 
or Vice President, the report shall include a statement ob-
tained by the individual from the Secretary of the Treas-
ury regarding whether or not the Secretary is in the proc-
ess of auditing any of the individual’s individual Federal 
income tax returns, and, if so, the taxable year of the tax 
return involved.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to individuals 
who first become candidates for election to the office 
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of President or Vice President after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR 2016.—Each candidate 
who won the nomination of a political party for elec-
tion to the office of President or Vice President in 
2016 shall comply with subsection (j) of section 102 
of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as added 
by subsection (a), not later than September 26, 
2016. 
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