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(c) STRUCTURE OF SUBMITTED REPORT DATA.— 
The head of each Federal agency shall ensure that each 
congressionally mandated report submitted to the Director 
complies with the open format criteria established by the 
Director in the guidance issued under subsection (b). 
(d) POINT OF CONTACT.—The head of each Federal 
agency shall designate a point of contact for congression-
ally mandated report. 
(e) LIST OF REPORTS.—As soon as practicable each 
calendar year (but not later than April 1), and on a rolling 
basis during the year if feasible, the Librarian of Congress 
shall submit to the Director a list of congressionally man-
dated reports from the previous calendar year, in consulta-
tion with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, which 
shall— 
(1) be provided in an open format; 
(2) include the information required under 
clauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v) of section 3(b)(1)(C) for 
each report; 
(3) include the frequency of the report; 
(4) include a unique alphanumeric identifier for 
the report that is consistent across report editions; 
(5) include the date on which each report is re-
quired to be submitted; and 
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(6) be updated and provided to the Director, as 
necessary. 
SEC. 9305. REMOVING AND ALTERING REPORTS. 
A report submitted to be published to the reports on-
line portal may only be changed or removed, with the ex-
ception of technical changes, by the head of the Federal 
agency concerned if— 
(1) the head of the Federal agency consults 
with each congressional committee to which the re-
port is submitted; and 
(2) Congress enacts a joint resolution author-
izing the changing or removal of the report. 
SEC. 9306. RELATIONSHIP TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMA-
TION ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this subtitle shall be 
construed to— 
(1) require the disclosure of information or 
records that are exempt from public disclosure under 
section 552 of title 5, United States Code; or 
(2) to impose any affirmative duty on the Di-
rector to review congressionally mandated reports 
submitted for publication to the reports online portal 
for the purpose of identifying and redacting such in-
formation or records. 
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(b) REDACTION OF INFORMATION.—The head of a 
Federal agency may redact information required to be dis-
closed under this Act if the information would be properly 
withheld from disclosure under section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code, and shall— 
(1) redact information required to be disclosed 
under this subtitle if disclosure of such information 
is prohibited by law; 
(2) redact information being withheld under 
this subsection prior to submitting the information 
to the Director; 
(3) redact only such information properly with-
held under this subsection from the submission of 
information or from any congressionally mandated 
report submitted under this subtitle; 
(4) identify where any such redaction is made 
in the submission or report; and 
(5) identify the exemption under which each 
such redaction is made. 
SEC. 9307. IMPLEMENTATION. 
Except as provided in section 9304(b), this subtitle 
shall be implemented not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to 
congressionally mandated reports submitted to Congress 
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on or after the date that is 1 year after such date of enact-
ment. 
Subtitle E—Severability 
SEC. 9401. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this title or amendment made by 
this title, or the application of a provision or amendment 
to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitu-
tional, the remainder of this title and amendments made 
by this title, and the application of the provisions and 
amendment to any person or circumstance, shall not be 
affected by the holding. 
TITLE 
X—PRESIDENTIAL 
AND 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
TAX 
TRANSPARENCY 
Sec. 10001. Presidential and Vice Presidential tax transparency. 
SEC. 10001. PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL TAX 
TRANSPARENCY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) The term ‘‘covered candidate’’ means a can-
didate of a major party in a general election for the 
office of President or Vice President. 
(2) The term ‘‘major party’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 9002 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986. 
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(3) The term ‘‘income tax return’’ means, with 
respect to an individual, any return (as such term is 
defined in section 6103(b)(1) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986) of such individual other than— 
(A) information returns issued to persons 
other than such individual, and 
(B) declarations of estimated tax. 
(4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Treasury or the delegate of the Secretary. 
(b) DISCLOSURE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) CANDIDATES
FOR
PRESIDENT
AND 
VICE PRESIDENT.—Not later than the date that 
is 15 days after the date on which an individual 
becomes a covered candidate, the individual 
shall submit to the Federal Election Commis-
sion a copy of the individual’s income tax re-
turns for the 10 most recent taxable years for 
which a return has been filed with the Internal 
Revenue Service. 
(B) PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.— 
With respect to each taxable year for an indi-
vidual who is the President or Vice President, 
not later than the due date for the return of tax 
for the taxable year, such individual shall sub-
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mit to the Federal Election Commission a copy 
of the individual’s income tax returns for the 
taxable year and for the 9 preceding taxable 
years. 
(C) TRANSITION RULE FOR SITTING PRESI-
DENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS.—Not later than 
the date that is 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this section, an individual who is the 
President or Vice President on such date of en-
actment shall submit to the Federal Election 
Commission a copy of the income tax returns 
for the 10 most recent taxable years for which 
a return has been filed with the Internal Rev-
enue Service. 
(2) FAILURE
TO
DISCLOSE.—If any require-
ment under paragraph (1) to submit an income tax 
return is not met, the chairman of the Federal Elec-
tion Commission shall submit to the Secretary a 
written request that the Secretary provide the Fed-
eral Election Commission with the income tax re-
turn. 
(3) PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE.—The chairman of 
the Federal Election Commission shall make publicly 
available each income tax return submitted under 
paragraph (1) in the same manner as a return pro-
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