,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfcg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #cj1 #bjbf,ms4
 ,stevens introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,house ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
require incumbent and aspiring ,members 
of ,congress to disclose their income   
tax returns1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,release ,your ,taxes ,act 
of #bjbf4  #b4 ,disclosure of ,federal  
income tax return  7a7 ,definitions ,in 
this section3 7#a7 ,appropriate         
congressional officials ,the term       
appropriate congressional officials     
means the following3  7,a7 ,the ,clerk  
of the ,house of ,representatives4  7,b7
 ,the ,secretary of the ,senate4  7#b7  
,congressional candidate ,the term      
congressional candidate means a         
candidate1 as such term is defined under
 section #cja of the ,federal ,election 
,campaign ,act of #aiga1 who seeks      
nomination for election1 or election1 to

 the office of ,senator or              
,representative in1 or ,delegate or     
,resident ,commissioner to1 the         
,congress4  7#c7 ,member of ,congress   
,the term ,member of ,congress means a  
,senator or ,representative in1 or a    
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to1
 the ,congress4  7#d7 ,tax return filing
 ,the term tax return filing means any  
of the following3 7,a7 ,form #ajdj and  
,schedule ,a filed with a return of tax 
under the ,internal ,revenue ,code of   
#aihf1 or the equivalent successor forms
 or schedules4  7,b7 ,an application or 
request for extension of the due date   
for return of tax under such ,code4     
7,c7 ,the statement referred to in      
subsection 7d77#c74  7b7 ,establishment 
of tax return database ,the appropriate 
congressional officials shall-- 7#a7    
establish a database containing every   
tax return filing submitted to the      
appropriate congressional officials     
pursuant to this section2 and  7#b7     
prescribe from time to time such rules  

necessary to carry out this section4    
7c7 ,publication of database ,the       
appropriate congressional officials     
shall publish--  7#a7 the database      
established under subsection 7b7 on a   
website available to the general public 
under the authority of appropriate      
congressional officials2 and  7#b7 each 
tax return filing received by the       
appropriate congressional officials     
through the database within #e business 
days after the date on which the        
appropriate congressional officials     
received the filing4  7d7 ,disclosure   
requirement  7#a7 ,in general ,an       
individual shall submit to the          
appropriate congressional officials a   
tax return filing pertaining to the     
individual not later than #b business   
days after the date of the filing of the
 tax return filing pursuant to the      
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf if any
 of the following apply3 7,a7 ,the      
individual is a ,member of ,congress or 
a congressional candidate for any part  

of the tax year with respect to which   
the tax return filing pertains4  7,b7   
,the individual is a ,member of         
,congress or a congressional candidate  
for any part of the calendar year in    
which the individual files the tax      
return filing4  7#b7 ,change in office  
status after filing ,an individual who  
is not a ,member of ,congress or a      
congressional candidate on the date that
 the individual files a tax return      
filing pertaining to the individual and 
becomes a ,member of ,congress or       
congressional candidate after such date 
in the same calendar year shall submit  
the tax return filing to the appropriate
 congressional officials not later than 
#cj days after the individual becomes a 
,member of ,congress or congressional   
candidate4  7#c7 ,absence of tax return 
,an individual who would be subject to  
the requirements under paragraph 7#a7 or
 7#b7 if the individual were to be      
required to file a return of tax under  
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf   

with respect to a tax year but is not   
actually required to file such a return 
for such tax year shall submit to the   
appropriate congressional officials a   
statement explaining that the individual
 is not required to file the return not 
later than the due date that would apply
 for filing the return4  7e7 ,failure of
 compliance ,the appropriate            
congressional officials--  7#a7 shall   
include promptly in the website referred
 to in subsection 7c77#a7 the name of   
any individual who does not comply with 
a requirement under subsection 7d7      
notwithstanding a duty to comply with   
the requirement2 and  7#b7 shall not    
remove the name of such individual from 
the website unless and until--  7,a7 the
 individual complies with the           
requirement2 or  7,b7 more than #f years
 have elapsed after the date on which   
the individual is no longer a ,member of
 ,congress or a congressional candidate4
  7f7 ,transition provisions ,not later 
than #cj days after the date of the     

enactment of this section1 an individual
 who is a ,member of ,congress or a     
congressional candidate on such date    
shall submit to the appropriate         
congressional officials any tax return  
filing that was filed in the calendar   
year of the date of the enactment that  
would have been required to be submitted
 to the appropriate congressional       
officials under subsection 7d7 if this  
section were in effect from the start of
 the calendar year4  7g7 ,applicability 
,this section shall apply with respect  
to a return of tax under the ,internal  
,revenue ,code of #aihf for a tax year  
that begins in #bjbe or each succeeding 
year4