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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 4, 2004
Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) supports the goals and ideals of National Transparency Day, which promotes the financial transparency of charitable organizations; (2) recognizes that financial transparency is relevant to a great number of entities in the United States, including ministries, nonprofit and other organizations, corporations, and schools; (3) pledges to make bipartisan efforts to enact laws to protect donors from charitable organizations that are not financially transparent; and (4) acknowledges that the people of the United States are an exceedingly generous people and that National Transparency Day will encourage even greater generosity.
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Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] · R–NC
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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