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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2529 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the President, Vice Presi-
dent, and Cabinet-level officers to release their tax returns, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2023 
Mr. RUIZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the Presi-
dent, Vice President, and Cabinet-level officers to release 
their tax returns, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Public Service Trans-
parency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF TAX RETURNS BY CANDIDATES 
FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OR 
NOMINEE FOR CABINET-LEVEL POSITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13104 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j)(1) Any report filed pursuant to section 13103(c) 
by an individual who is a candidate for the office of Presi-
dent or Vice President shall include the individuals return 
of Federal income tax for the taxable year ending in or 
with the applicable calendar year covered by such report 
and such returns for the previous two taxable years. 
‘‘(2) Any report filed pursuant to section 13103(b) 
by an individual who is a nominee for a Cabinet-level posi-
tion shall include the individuals return of Federal income 
tax for the taxable year ending in or with the applicable 
calendar year covered by such report and such returns for 
the previous two taxable years. 
‘‘(3) Any report filed pursuant to section 13103 (d) 
and (e) by the President, Vice President, or any individual 
occupying a Cabinet-level position shall include the Presi-
dent’s, Vice President’s, or individual’s (as the case may 
be) return of Federal income tax for the taxable year end-
ing in or with the applicable calendar year covered by such 
report. 
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‘‘(4) If any person covered by paragraph (1), (2), or 
(3) files the return for such taxable year with the Internal 
Revenue Service after the due date for such report, such 
return shall be submitted (in the same manner as such 
a report) not later than 30 days after such return was 
so filed. 
‘‘(5) In this subsection, the term ‘Cabinet-level posi-
tion’ means— 
‘‘(A) the head of any Executive department (as 
that term is defined in section 101); and 
‘‘(B) any other position designated by the 
President as a position within the Cabinet.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any individual who becomes a 
candidate for the office, or assumes the office, of President 
or Vice President, or becomes a nominee for, or assumes, 
a Cabinet-level position (as that term is defined in section 
13104(j)(5) of title 5, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a)), after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE PERMITTED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6103(i) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) DISCLOSURE
OF
TAX
RETURNS
UNDER 
CHAPTER 131 OF TITLE 5.—The Director of the Of-
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fice of Government Ethics may disclose returns de-
scribed in section 13104(j)(5) of title 5, United 
States Code, to the extent such returns are required 
to be made available pursuant to such section.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to disclosures made after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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