A bill to assure the First Amendment rights of all citizens and to provide criminal penalties for violations thereof.
Federal Neutrality Act of 1983 - Prohibits the disbursement of Government funds to any tax- exempt organization which engages in political advocacy or which is an affiliate of any organization which engages in political advocacy.
Requires all U.S. agencies and departments which disburse such funds to adopt regulations requiring recipient organizations to disclose certain information. Requires all agencies and departments to perform annual audits of any recipient organizations to which they have disbursed funds.
Requires recipient organizations to certify, under penalty of perjury, that they are not engaged in political advocacy.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.
Committee on Judiciary. Committee jointly rereferred the bill to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Committee on Judiciary. Committee jointly rereferred the bill to Subcommittee on Separation of Powers.
Subcommittee on Separation of Powers. Hearings held.
Subcommittee on Separation of Powers. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-961.
Subcommittee on Separation of Powers. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution discharged from further consideration.
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