,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bjaa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #aa1 
#bjad,mr4 ,flake 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,roberts1 ,mr4 ,mc,connell1 ,mr4        
,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,alexander1 ,mr4 ,thune1  
,mr4 ,hatch1 ,mr4 ,enzi1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1  
,mr4 ,burr1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 
,mr4 ,coats1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4 ,scott1  
,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4 ,vitter1 ,mr4 ,graham1
 ,mr4 ,johanns1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mr4    
,coburn1 ,mr4 ,isakson1 ,mr4 ,toomey1   
,mr4 ,johnson of ,wisconsin1 ,mr4 ,cruz1
 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 ,mr4 ,wicker1  
,mr4 ,kirk1 ,mr4 ,chambliss1 ,mr4       
,portman1 ,mr4 ,paul1 ,mr4 ,mc,cain1    
,mr4 ,crapo1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mr4       
,cochran1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4 ,corker1   
,mr4 ,shelby1 and ,mr4 ,grassley7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
prohibit the ,internal ,revenue ,service
 from modifying the standard for        
determining whether an organization is  

operated exclusively for the promotion  
of social welfare for purposes of       
section #eja7;c77#d7 of the ,internal   
,revenue ,code of #aihf4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,stop ,targeting of ,political ,beliefs 
by the ,,irs ,act of #bjad4  #b4        
,applicable standard for determinations 
of whether an organization is operated  
exclusively for the promotion of social 
welfare  7a7 ,in general ,the standard  
and definitions as in effect on ,january
 #a1 #bjaj1 which are used to determine 
whether an organization is operated     
exclusively for the promotion of social 
welfare for purposes of section         
#eja7;c77#d7 of the ,internal ,revenue  
,code of #aihf shall apply for purposes 
of determining the status of            
organizations under section #eja7;c77#d7
 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of     
#aihf after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act4  7b7 ,prohibition on        
modification of standard ,the ,secretary
 of the ,treasury may not 7nor may any  

delegate of such ,secretary7 issue1     
revise1 or finalize any regulation      
7including the proposed regulations     
published at #gh ,fed4 ,reg4 #gaece     
7,november #bi1 #bjac771 revenue ruling1
 or other guidance not limited to a     
particular taxpayer relating to the     
standard and definitions specified in   
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,application to    
organizations ,except as provided in    
subsection 7d71 this section shall apply
 with respect to any organization       
claiming tax exempt status under section
 #eja7;c77#d7 of the ,internal ,revenue 
,code of #aihf which was created on1    
before1 or after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act4  7d7 ,sunset    
,this section shall not apply after the 
one-year period beginning on the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4