,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bigi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #be1 #bjaf
 ,mr4 ,wyden 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,bennet1
 and ,ms4 ,warren7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,rules   
and ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,federal ,election ,campaign  
,act of #aiga to require candidates of  
major parties for the office of         
,president to disclose recent tax return
 information4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,presidential  
,tax ,transparency ,act4  #b4           
,disclosure of recent tax returns of    
certain presidential candidates  7a7 ,in
 general ,section #cjd of the ,federal  
,election ,campaign ,act of #aiga 7#eb  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjajd7 is amended by adding  
at the end the following new subsection3
  7j7 ,disclosure of tax returns of     
certain presidential candidates  7#a7   
,in general ,not later than #ae days    
after the nomination of any candidate of

 a major party for the office of        
,president1 such candidate shall file   
with the ,commission a copy of the      
income tax returns of such candidate for
 the #c most recent taxable years for   
which such a return has been filed with 
the ,internal ,revenue ,service as of   
the date of the nomination4  7#b7       
,procedure if no information filed ,in  
any case in which the candidate of a    
major party for the office of ,president
 has not filed with the ,commission the 
income tax returns described in         
paragraph 7#a7 before the date which is 
#cj days after the date such candidate  
is nominated1 the ,chairman of the      
,commission shall request the ,secretary
 of the ,treasury to provide such       
returns4  7#c7 ,returns made public ,a  
tax return provided to the ,commission  
by a candidate under paragraph 7#a7 or  
by the ,secretary of the ,treasury      
pursuant to paragraph 7#b7 shall be     
treated in the same manner as a report  
filed by the candidate and1 except as   

provided in paragraph 7#d71 shall be    
made publicly available at the same time
 and in the same manner as other reports
 and statements under this section4     
7#d7 ,redaction of certain information  
,before making any return described in  
paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 available to the 
public1 the ,commission shall redact    
such information as the ,commission1 in 
consultation with the ,secretary of the 
,treasury 7or the ,secretary's          
delegate71 determines appropriate4  7#e7
 ,definitions ,for purposes of this     
subsection3 7,a7 ,major party ,the term 
major party has the meaning given such  
term by section #ijjb7f7 of the         
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf4  7,b7
 ,income tax return ,the term income tax
 return means any return 7as defined in 
section #fajc7;b77#a7 of the ,internal  
,revenue ,code of #aihf7 relating to    
,federal income taxes4  4  7b7          
,authority ,to disclose information     
7#a7 ,in general ,section #fajc7l7 of   
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is

 amended by adding at the end the       
following new paragraph3  7#bc7         
,disclosure of return information of    
certain presidential candidates by      
,federal ,election ,commission  7,a7 ,in
 general ,the ,federal ,election        
,commission may disclose to the public  
the applicable returns of any person who
 has been nominated as a candidate of a 
major party 7as defined in section      
#ijjb7f77 for the office of ,president4 
7,b7 ,disclosure to ,,fec in cases where
 candidate does not provide returns ,the
 ,secretary shall1 upon written request 
from the ,chairman of the ,federal      
,election ,commission pursuant to       
section #cjd7;j77#b7 of the ,federal    
,election ,campaign ,act of #aiga1      
provide to officers and employees of the
 ,federal ,election ,commission copies  
of the applicable returns of any person 
who has been nominated as a candidate of
 a major party 7as defined in section   
#ijjb7f77 for the office of ,president4 
7,c7 ,applicable returns ,for purposes  

of this paragraph1 the term applicable  
returns means1 with respect to any      
candidate for the office of ,president1 
income tax returns for the #c most      
recent taxable years for which a return 
has been filed as of the date of the    
nomination4  4  7#b7 ,conforming        
amendments ,section #fajc7p77#d7 of such
 ,code1 in the matter preceding         
subparagraph 7,a7 and in subparagraph   
7,f77ii71 is amended by striking or     
7#bb7 and inserting 7#bb71 or 7#bc7 each
 place it appears4  7c7 ,effective date 
,the amendments made by this section    
shall take effect on the date of the    
enactment of this ,act4