This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require a social welfare organization that intends to operate as a tax-exempt entity to notify the Internal Revenue Service within 60 days after it is established of its identity and purpose, and (2) allow such an organization to seek a declaratory judgment concerning its initial or continuing classification as a tax-exempt organization.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-29 | President | Became Public Law No: 114-27. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-29 | President | Signed by President. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-26 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-25 | ResolvingDifferences | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-25 | Vote | On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 286 - 138 (Roll no. 388). (consideration: CR H4689-4698; text: CR H4689) | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-25 | ResolvingDifferences | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4697) | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-25 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 338, the House proceeded with 1 hour of debate on the Ryan (WI) motion to agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-25 | ResolvingDifferences | Mr. Ryan (WI) moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H4666-4698; text as House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment: CR H4666-4689) | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-25 | Floor | Rule H. Res. 338 passed House. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-24 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 338 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1295 with 1 hour of general debate. The resolution makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means or his designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-24 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2015-06-24 | ResolvingDifferences | Senate concurred in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1295) with an amendment (SA 2065) by Voice Vote. | Senate |
| 2015-06-24 | Floor | Motion by Senator McConnell to refer to Senate Committee on Finance with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment SA 2067 withdrawn in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4584) | Senate |
| 2015-06-24 | Floor | Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4583-4584) | Senate |
| 2015-06-24 | Vote | Cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment with an amendment (SA 2065) invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 76 - 22. Record Vote Number: 220. (consideration: CR S4583, S4583-4584) | Senate |
| 2015-06-18 | Floor | Cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment with an amendment (SA 2065) presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S4291; text: CR S4291) | Senate |
| 2015-06-18 | Floor | Motion by Senator McConnell to refer to Senate Committee on Finance with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment SA 2067 made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4291) | Senate |
| 2015-06-18 | Floor | Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment with an amendment (SA 2065) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4291) | Senate |
| 2015-06-18 | Floor | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4290-4292) | Senate |
| 2015-06-15 | Floor | Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment. | Senate |
| 2015-06-11 | ResolvingDifferences | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-11 | Vote | On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendments Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 397 - 32 (Roll no. 345). (consideration: CR H4217-4218) | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-11 | ResolvingDifferences | Pursuant to a previous order of the House the previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H4172-4218) | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-11 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous special order, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Ryan(WI) motion to agree to the Senate amendment to the title and agree to the Senate amendment to the text with an amendment No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-11 | ResolvingDifferences | Pursuant to a previous special order Mr. Ryan(WI) moved to agree with an amendment to the Senate amendments. (consideration: CR H4172-4218; text of Senate amendment as received in House: CR H4172-4210) | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-11 | Floor | UNANIMOUS CONSENT_REQUEST - Mr. Byrne asked unanimous consent that the order of the House of June 10, 2015, regarding consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. 1295, be modified by striking "printed" and inserting "submitted for printing". Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-10 | Floor | ORDER OF BUSINESS - Mr. Sessions asked unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to take from the Speaker's table H.R. 1295, with the Senate amendments thereto, and to consider in the House, without intervention of any point of order, a single motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means or his designee that the House (1) concur in the Senate amendment to the title and (2) concur in the Senate amendment to the text with the amendment printed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule 18 and numbered (1); that the Senate amendments and the motion be debatable for 1 hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means; and that the previous question be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of the question. Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2015-05-14 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2015-05-14 | Vote | Passed Senate, under the order of 5/13/15, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 1. Record Vote Number: 178. (consideration: CR S2907) | Senate |
| 2015-05-14 | Floor | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2899-2908, S2946) | Senate |
| 2015-04-20 | Calendars | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 57. | Senate |
| 2015-04-16 | Calendars | Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. | Senate |
| 2015-04-15 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2015-04-15 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2236-2237) | House floor actions |
| 2015-04-15 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1295. | House floor actions |
| 2015-04-15 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2236-2238) | House floor actions |
| 2015-04-15 | Floor | Mr. Ryan (WI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2015-04-13 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 51. | House floor actions |
| 2015-04-13 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-71. | House floor actions |
| 2015-03-25 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2015-03-25 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2015-03-04 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House floor actions |
| 2015-03-04 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |