,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #f1 #bjbc ,mr4 
,armstrong introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and            
,accountability  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit
 an entity of the ,federal ,government  
from collecting or requiring the        
submission of information on the        
identification of any donor to a        
tax-exempt organization1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,speech ,privacy    
,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,protecting privacy 
of donors to tax-exempt organizations   
7a7 ,restrictions on collection of donor
 information  7#a7 ,restrictions ,an    
entity of the ,federal ,government may  
not collect or require the submission of
 information on the identification of   
any donor to a tax-exempt organization4 
7#b7 ,exceptions ,paragraph 7#a7 does   
not apply to the following3 7,a7 ,the   
,internal ,revenue ,service1 acting     

lawfully pursuant to section #fjcc of   
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf or
 any successor provision4  7,b7 ,the    
,secretary of the ,senate and the ,clerk
 of the ,house of ,representatives1     
acting lawfully pursuant to section #c  
of the ,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of    
#aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #afjd74  7,c7 ,the  
,federal ,election ,commission1 acting  
lawfully pursuant to section #eaj of    
title #cf1 ,united ,states ,code4  7,d7 
,an entity acting pursuant to a lawful  
order of a court or administrative body 
which has the authority under law to    
direct the entity to collect or require 
the submission of the information1 but  
only to the extent permitted by the     
lawful order of such court or           
administrative body4  7b7 ,restrictions 
on release of donor information  7#a7   
,restrictions ,an entity of the ,federal
 ,government may not disclose to the    
public information revealing the        
identification of any donor to a        
tax-exempt organization4  7#b7          

,exceptions ,paragraph 7#a7 does not    
apply to the following3 7,a7 ,the       
,internal ,revenue ,service1 acting     
lawfully pursuant to section #fajd of   
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf or
 any successor provision4  7,b7 ,the    
,secretary of the ,senate and the ,clerk
 of the ,house of ,representatives1     
acting lawfully pursuant to section #c  
of the ,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of    
#aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #afjd74  7,c7 ,the  
,federal ,election ,commission1 acting  
lawfully pursuant to section #eaj of    
title #cf1 ,united ,states ,code4  7,d7 
,an entity acting pursuant to a lawful  
order of a court or administrative body 
which has the authority under law to    
direct the entity to disclose the       
information1 but only to the extent     
permitted by the lawful order of such   
court or administrative body4  7,e7 ,an 
entity which discloses the information  
as authorized by the organization4  7c7 
,tax-,exempt organization defined ,in   
this section1 a tax-exempt organization 

means an organization which is described
 in section #eja7;c7 of the ,internal   
,revenue ,code of #aihf and is exempt   
from taxation under section #eja7;a7 of 
such ,code4 ,nothing in this subsection 
may be construed to treat a political   
organization under section #ebg of such 
,code as a tax-exempt organization for  
purposes of this section4  7d7          
,penalties ,it shall be unlawful for any
 officer or employee of the ,united     
,states1 or any former officer or       
employee1 willfully to disclose to any  
person1 except as authorized in this    
section1 any information revealing the  
identification of any donor to a        
tax-exempt organization4 ,any violation 
of this section shall be a felony       
punishable upon conviction by a fine in 
any amount not exceeding #bej1jjj1 or   
imprisonment of not more than #e years1 
or both1 together with the costs of     
prosecution1 and if such offense is     
committed by any officer or employee of 
the ,united ,states1 he shall1 in       

addition to any other punishment1 be    
dismissed from office or discharged from
 employment upon conviction for such    
offense4