,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfhh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aj1 #bjai,mr4 
,ruiz introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform1  
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,ethics in ,government ,act of
 #aigh to require the ,president1 ,vice 
,president1 and ,cabinet-level officers 
to release their tax returns1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,public        
,service ,transparency ,act4  #b4       
,disclosure of tax returns by candidates
 for ,president and ,vice ,president or 
nominee for ,cabinet-level positions    
7a7 ,in general ,section #ajb of the    
,ethics in ,government ,act of #aigh    
7,public ,law #ie-eba2 #e ,u4,s4,c4     

,app4 #ajb7 is amended by adding at the 
end the following3  7j7  7#a7 ,any      
report filed pursuant to section        
#aja7;c7 by an individual who is a      
candidate for the office of ,president  
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 years4     
7#b7 ,any report filed pursuant to      
section #aja7;b7 by an individual who is
 a nominee for a ,cabinet-level position
 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 years4  7#c7 ,any report filed  
pursuant to section #aja7;d7 and 7e7 by 
the ,president1 ,vice ,president1 or any
 individual occupying a ,cabinet-level  
position shall include the ,president's1
 ,vice ,president's1 or individual's 7as

 the case may be7 return of ,federal    
income tax for the taxable year ending  
in or with the applicable calendar year 
covered by such report4  7#d7 ,if any   
person covered by paragraph 7#a71 7#b71 
or 7#c7 files the return for such       
taxable year with the ,internal ,revenue
 ,service after the due date for such   
report1 such return shall be submitted  
7in the same manner as such a report7   
not later than #cj days after such      
return was so filed4  7#e7 ,in this     
subsection1 the term ,cabinet-level     
position means-- 7,a7 the head of any   
,executive department 7as that term is  
defined in section #aja of title #e1    
,united ,states ,code72 and  7,b7 any   
other position designated by the        
,president as a position within the     
,cabinet4  4  7b7 ,application ,the     
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply to any individual who becomes a   
candidate for the office1 or assumes the
 office1 of ,president or ,vice         
,president1 or becomes a nominee for1 or

 assumes1 a ,cabinet-level position 7as 
that term is defined in section         
#ajb7;j77#e7 of the ,ethics in          
,government ,act of #aigh 7,public ,law 
#ie-eba2 #e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app4             
#ajb7;j77#e771 as added by subsection   
7a771 after the date of enactment of    
this ,act4  #c4 ,disclosure permitted   
7a7 ,in general ,section #fajc7;i7 of   
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following new paragraph3  7#i7          
,disclosure of tax returns under the    
,ethics in ,government ,act of #aigh    
,the ,director of the ,office of        
,government ,ethics may disclose returns
 described in section #ajb7;j7 of the   
,ethics in ,government ,act of #aigh    
7,public ,law #ie-eba2 #e ,u4,s4,c4     
,app4 #ajb7;j77 to the extent such      
returns are required to be made         
available pursuant to such section4  4  
7b7 ,application ,the amendment made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply to           
disclosures made after the date of the  

enactment of this ,act4