,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,gosar 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,biggs of    
,arizona1 ,mr4 ,brecheen1 ,mr4          
,burchett1 ,mr4 ,crane1 ,mr4 ,nehls1    
,mr4 ,norman1 and ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas7
 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    
require the public disclosure of the    
names and partial addresses of          
contributors to #eja7;c7 organizations  
that receive ,federal funding4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,putting ,trust in ,transparency    
,act4  #b4 ,findings and ,sense of      
,congress  7a7 ,findings ,congress finds
 the following3 7#a7 ,in the ,united    
,states1 nongovernmental organizations1 
or ,n,g,os1 often assist the ,federal   
government with distribution of         
resources to the ,american ,people and  
abroad4  7#b7 ,the executive ,memo      

entitled ,memorandum for the ,heads of  
,executive ,departments and ,agencies1  
published ,february #f1 #bjbe1 requires 
executive departments and agencies to   
review all ,federal funding to          
nongovernmental organizations2 however1 
this review does not apply to these     
organizations' non-,federal sources of  
funding4  7#c7 ,the non-,federal sources
 of ,n,g,os' extravagant revenue are    
already reported to the ,internal       
,revenue ,service through the ,form #iij
 ,schedule ,b1 but these ,forms are not 
shared government wide4  7#d7 ,article  
,i1 ,section #h of the ,u4,s4           
,constitution empowers ,congress to make
 rules for the government and regulate  
the use of taxpayer dollars4  7#e7      
,n,g,os that operate independently of   
the ,federal government and any ,federal
 grants or contributions of any amount  
are not subject to rigorous             
,congressional oversight and face       
limited restrictions on expression and  
association4  7#f7 ,to empower lawmakers

 to make responsible decisions with     
,americans' tax dollars and provide     
transparency to the ,american ,people1  
all ,americans should have access to the
 megadonors of ,n,g,os that leverage    
,federal dollars for their own agenda4  
7b7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense
 of ,congress that any nongovernmental  
organization that receives ,federal     
funding of any kind is acting on behalf 
of the ,united ,states government and   
subject to the same fiscal oversight    
requirements as executive agencies4  #c4
 ,annual disclosure of contributors to  
exempt organizations  7a7 ,amendments to
 ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf  7#a7
 ,public disclosure of names and partial
 addresses of donors ,section #fajd of  
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is
 amended-- 7,a7 by inserting 7except as 
provided in subsection 7e77 after name  
or address each place it appears1 and   
7,b7 by adding at the end the following 
new subsection3  7e7 ,public disclosure 
of ,form #iij ,in the case of an        

organization described in subsection 7c7
 of section #eja and exempt from        
taxation under section #eja7;a7 which   
receives ,federal funding during the    
taxable year1 the ,secretary shall make 
public any schedule ,b of ,form #iij 7or
 successor ,form7 filed by such         
organization-- 7#a7 within #fj days of  
processing such ,form1 and  7#b7 with   
the name1 zip code1 and total           
contribution of any contributor         
unredacted4  4  7#b7 ,loss of exempt    
status for failure to file schedule ,b  
of ,form #iij ,section #fjcc7;j7 of such
 ,code is amended by adding at the end  
the following new paragraph3  7#d7      
,revocation of exempt status for failure
 to file schedule ,b of ,form #iij  7,a7
 ,notice ,if an organization described  
in subsection 7e7 fails to file the     
,form required under such subsection by 
the due date for the return of tax for  
such organization for the taxable year1 
the ,secretary shall notify the         
organization-- 7i7 that the ,internal   

,revenue ,service has no record of such 
a return or notice from such            
organization1 and  7ii7 about the       
revocation that will occur under        
subparagraph 7,b7 if the organization   
fails to file such a return or notice   
within #fj days of such notification4   
7,b7 ,revocation ,if an organization    
described in subsection 7e7 fails to    
file schedule ,b of ,form #iij of the   
,internal ,revenue ,service 7or any     
successor schedule or ,form7 with the   
return or notice of such organization   
for the taxable year1 such              
organization's status as an organization
 exempt from tax under section #eja7;a7 
shall be considered revoked on and after
 the date set by the ,secretary under   
subparagraph 7,a77ii74 ,the ,secretary  
shall publish and maintain a list of any
 organization the status of which is so 
revoked4  4  7b7 ,application necessary 
for reinstatement2 ,retroactive         
reinstatement allowed if cause shown    
,section #fjcc7;j7 of such ,code is     

amended by striking paragraph 7#a7 each 
place it appears and inserting paragraph
 7#a7 or 7#d74  7c7 ,effective date ,the
 amendments made by this section shall  
apply to returns filed for taxable years
 beginning after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act4