Putting Trust in Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2841 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2841 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the public disclosure of the names and partial addresses of contributors to 501(c) organizations that receive Federal funding. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2025 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Crane, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the public disclosure of the names and partial addresses of contributors to 501(c) organizations that receive Federal funding. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Putting Trust in Transparency Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) In the United States, nongovernmental organizations, or NGOs, often assist the Federal government with distribution of resources to the American People and abroad. (2) The executive Memo entitled ``Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies'', published February 6, 2025, requires executive departments and agencies to review all Federal funding to nongovernmental organizations; however, this review does not apply to these organizations' non-Federal sources of funding. (3) The non-Federal sources of NGOs' extravagant revenue are already reported to the Internal Revenue Service through the Form 990 Schedule B, but these Forms are not shared government wide. (4) Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution empowers Congress to make rules fo