US Congress Senate Bill 264 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Free Speech Fairness Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status. An organization may not lose its tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) or be deemed to have participated in, or intervened in any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, solely because of the content of any statement that: (1) is made in the ordinary course of the organization's regular and customary activities in carrying out its exempt purpose, and (2) results in the organization incurring not more than de minimis incremental expenses.

The Free Speech Fairness Act

Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]
Sen. Luther Strange [R-AL]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]

Senate - On Passage of the Bill H.R. 1 (Y: 51 N: 49 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB781 (Same As) 2017-02-01 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HB1 (Related) 2017-12-22 - Became Public Law No: 115-97. (TXT | PDF)
HR619 (Similar To) 2017-11-15 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB88 (Related) 2018-12-21 - Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/264/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s264/BILLS-115s264is.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1151/vote_115_1_00303.htm