,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bh1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,cassidy introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal ,revenue
 ,code of #aihf to expand the definition
 of minister for purposes of excluding  
the rental value of a parsonage from    
gross income to include duly recognized 
officials of nontheistic spiritual1     
moral1 or ethical organizations4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,faith and ,fairness ,act of #bjad4 
#b4 ,exclusion of rental value of       
parsonages  7a7 ,in general ,section    
#ajg of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of 
#aihf is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  ,for purposes of this   
section1 the term minister of the gospel
 includes any duly recognized official  
of a religious1 spiritual1 moral1 or    
ethical organization 7whether theistic  
or not74 4  7b7 ,effective date ,the    

amendment made by this section shall    
apply to taxable years beginning after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act4