HJR282 Summary

• Urges President Trump to immediately release his federal tax returns for tax years 2006-2016 to the House Ways and Means Committee for closed executive session review under Internal Revenue Code Section 6103.

• Cites concerns about potential Russian influence on the 2016 election and requests disclosure of the President's financial ties to Russia, debts owed, and business ventures involving Russian entities.

• Notes that every President since Gerald Ford has disclosed tax information publicly and references the Emoluments Clause concerns due to Trump's 564 financial positions worldwide and refusal to divest from businesses, which generated $434 million in 2018.

• References precedent that Congress used IRC Section 6103 authority to review President Nixon's tax returns in 1974 and to release confidential information of 51 taxpayers in 2014, and cites New York's May 2019 legislation requiring state tax returns be provided to Congress.

• Requests the Ways and Means Committee vote on releasing the information to the full House and American public, and directs copies be sent to Alabama's Congressional Delegation, relevant House and Senate committees, and the President.