“No President should have the power this bill provides to punish their political opponents”
Defend The Vote Action Fund and over 200 organizations released the following statement after the House Ways and Means Committee passed their tax bill granting the Secretary of Treasury the ability to accuse any nonprofit of being a “terrorist supporting organization” without basic due process:
“Charities that feed the hungry, churches and faith communities that comfort the grieving, veterans’ groups that care for our heroes, and countless other service providing organizations are at risk today because of this legislation.
“Nonprofits are on the front lines of meeting every community need. Instead of supporting those who serve our neighbors, this bill would hand any president’s administration the power to cast them as potential enemies of the state if they happen to disagree with their political agenda. This could deal a local nonprofit a potentially fatal blow with no guarantee of due process for the accused nonprofit. Whether it’s an organization providing health care in a disaster, a small rural church, or a local food bank, no organization is safe if this becomes law.
“This will not keep Americans safe from terrorism.
No President should have the power this bill provides to punish their political opponents.
“We oppose this weaponization of the federal government and the House must remove this provision.”
BACKGROUND
- Section 112209 (p. 380) contains similar language to H.R.9495, giving the Treasury Secretary the ability to accuse any nonprofit organization of being “terrorist supporting,” which would then trigger a process that would jeopardize their tax exempt status, risk them being de-banked, and result in long term reputational impacts.
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SIGNATORIES:
18 Million Rising
198 methods
Access Now
Accountability Counsel
Action Together NEPA
AFL-CIO
AFT
All Voting is Local Action (AVL Action)
Alliance for Affordable Energy
Alliance for Justice
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
Amazon Watch
America’s Voice
Americans Against Government Censorship
American Hiking Society
American Library Association
American Public Health Association
Asian American Organizing Project
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
Beyond Extreme Energy
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
Cambridge Holistic Emergency Alternative Response Team (Cambridge HEART)
Campaign Legal Center
Candler School of Theology, Emory University
CASA, Inc.
Center for a Sustainable Coast
Center for American Progress
Center for Common Ground
Center for Digital Democracy
Center for Oil and Gas Organizing
Center for Progressive Reform
Chatham Outreach Alliance
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Child Labor Coalition
Christ Church Green Team
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)
Clean Air Council
Clean Elections Texas
Clean Water Action
Climate Justice Alliance
Coalition for Social Justice Education Fund
Coffee Watch
Colorado People’s Alliance
Columbia NOW (National Organization for Women), SC
Commission Shift
Committee to Protect Journalists
Common Sense Media
Community Change Action
Conservation Colorado
Conservation Lands Foundation
Conservation Voters New Mexico
Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania
Contemporary American Theatre Festival And Appalachian Chamber Music Festival
Corporate Accountability
Council of Bishops, United Methodist Church
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Creation Justice Ministries
David Brower Center
Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action
DC Abortion Fund
Defend the Vote Action Fund
Defending Rights & Dissent
Demand Progress
DemCast USA
Democracy Defenders Action
digitalLIFT
Earthjustice
EarthRights International
Environmental Community Action (ECO-Action)
Environmental Integrity Project
Environmental Law & Policy Center
Evangelicals For Democracy
Evergreen Action
Fair Fight Action
Faiths for Safe Water
Fight for the Future
Financial Empowerment Network
Florida Access Network
Food & Water Watch
Forward Midwifery
Free Press Action
Free Speech For People
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Pottsboro Area Public Library
GIFFORDS
Great Southwest Michigan Climate Action Network
Green America
GreenFaith
GreenLatinos
Greenpeace USA
Harriet Hancock Center
Health Care Without Harm
HEART Women & Girls
HIAS
Hilltown Vision
Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights First
ICAH (Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health)
Illinois Environmental Council
In This Together NEPA
Inclusive Development International
Indivisible
Interfaith Alliance
Interfaith Youth Alliance
International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR)
International Human Rights Clinic – Santa Clara Law
International Refugee Assistance Project
Issue One
Jewish Climate Action Network
Jewish Democratic Council of America
Jolt Action
Juris Scribe Services
Just Solutions
Kentucky Waterways Alliance
KHP Holdings
League of Conservation Voters
League of Women Voters
Literacy Works
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
Micah Six Eight Mission
Michigan League of Conservation Voters
Michigan United
Michigan United Action
Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue
Minorities in Shark Sciences
MoveOn
MPower Change Action Fund
Muslim Advocates
Muslim Public Affairs Council
Muslim Women’s Organization
Muslims for Just Futures
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
National Consumers League
National Council of Nonprofits
National Digital Equity Center
National Digital Inclusion Alliance
National Education Association
National Employment Law Project
National Health Law Program
National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA)
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Redistricting Foundation
National Women’s Law Center
Natural Resources Defense Council
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
Nevada Conservation League
New York League of Conservation Voters
Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project
Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund
Oregon League of Conservation Voters
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Oxfam America
Partnership for Policy Integrity
Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore
Pax Christi USA
Peace Catalyst International
People For the American Way
People Power United
People’s Action Institute
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
PolicyLink
Prentice Foundation
Pro-Choice Arizona and the Abortion Fund of Arizona
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
Project Hajra
Project On Government Oversight
Protect Democracy
Public Citizen
Quixote Center
Rachel’s Network
Rainier Valley Food Bank, Seattle
Refugee Council USA
Revolution Red
Rights CoLab
Sahiyo U.S. Inc.
Saratoga Black Lives Matter
Savage Daughters
SEIU
Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign
Sierra Club
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Stand Up America
State Voices
Stewardship Utah
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
TDIforAccess
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
The Center for Spirituality in Nature
The Empty Bell
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
The Shared Earth Foundation
The Sikh Coalition
The Southern Poverty Law Center
Transparentem
Trustees for Alaska
Tuleyome
Union of Concerned Scientists
United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry
United Methodist Creation Justice Movement
University of Illinois Chicago
Vera Institute of Justice
Vermont Conservation Voters
Voces Unidas
Washington Conservation Action
Water Protector Legal Collective
Waterkeeper Alliance
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Western Environmental Law Center
Western Leaders Network
Western Watersheds Project
WestWind Foundation
Wild Cumberland
Wild Fish Conservancy
Wild Virginia
Wilderness Workshop
Winter Wildlands Alliance
Wisconsin Conservation Voters
Womxn From The Mountain
WV Citizen Action
Wyoming Wilderness Association
