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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 9, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from requiring a tax-exempt organization to include in annual returns the name, address, or other identifying information of any contributor.
The bill includes exceptions for: (1) required disclosures regarding prohibited tax shelter transactions; and (2) contributions by the organization's officers, directors, or five highest compensated employees (including compensation paid by related organizations).
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5053 as passed House amended on Jun 14, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Jun 14, 2016Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJun 14, 2016
House Jun 14, 2016 · the primary vote
Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act
Passed
240 Yea 182 Nay 12 not voting
Party-line vote 2 of 422 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
434 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5053 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 5053 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
30 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.