HR4501Referred to Committee
Holy Sovereignty Protection Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-07-17
Introduced
6
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Jeff Hurd
Republican · CO · Representative
Votes with party: 96.9% (555 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/H001100
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Cosponsors (6)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-07-17
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-07-17
- House Committee on Ways and MeansReferred To · 2025-07-17
Previously
- Ways and Means CommitteeReferred To · 2025-07-17
- Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-07-17
Plain-English Summary
Holy Sovereignty Protection Act This bill provides that the U.S. citizenship of an individual elected as the Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church may not be revoked and exempts such individual from federal income taxes for tax years during which the individual serves in such role for any part of the tax year. (As background, the income of a U.S. citizen generally is subject to U.S. income tax regardless of where such income is earned or received or where the individual resides.)
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Taxation
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