House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Free Speech Fairness Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in the ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Harris R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 31, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2501.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARRIS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 57, March 31, 2025, Page H1375):The First Amendment guarantees both free speech and the free exercise of religion. The Free Speech Fairness Act restores these fundamental liberties to churches and nonprofits.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 176 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2501, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2501
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
38 cosponsors — 38 Republicans
0 of 38 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Troy Downing (R-MT), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Russell Fry (R-SC), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Andy Harris (R-MD), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), John McGuire (R-VA), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Riley Moore (R-WV), Andrew Ogles (R-TN) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Harris.
- H.R. 5625 (119th) Cashless Bail Reporting Act
- H.R. 6392 (119th) Home School Graduation Recognition Act
- H.R. 6715 (119th) Child Predators Accountability Act
- H.R. 4499 (119th) To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions reclassified to title 34, United States Code, and to correct…
- H.R. 9610 (119th) Less Bureaucracy, Better K–12 Education Act
- H.R. 9611 (119th) Less Bureaucracy, Better Higher Education Act
Related bills
- S. 1205 (119th) Free Speech Fairness ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.