#hr 9495

The Committee on Rules is meeting at 1600 EST on 18 Nov 2024. The agenda includes HR 9495.

If this bill passes, the Secretary of the Treasury would have the power to strip any non-profit group of it's tax-exempt status with no due process.

The ACLU has a simple form you can fill out to send a message to your senators at https://action.aclu.org/send-message/dissent

I strongly recommend signing. Or if you prefer to contact your Senators directly: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

If you don't know what to say, the ACLU link above has some good language.

Hope everyone continues to call as we continue to hold KOSA off from being added to a spending bill this secession. Even though Johnson has reiterated several times that KOSA is not moving this secession, be aware that it will likely come back sometime after the next secession begins in January and we'll have to be ready for that too. Remember there are also other bills we can be calling about as well:

Pass the No Kings Act

Pass the Defiance Act

Pass the Press Act

Oppose KOSA

Opposa HR 9495

Oppose Trump's cabinet picks

Oppose funding wars and violence

If there's anything I missed let me know, but we've done well in holding off KOSA again and need to keep at it. So, keep calling, emailing, faxing Congress and post information about KOSA and other bills.

Update: I was informed about other bills to be aware of and to oppose:

S.5384 which would abolish the Department of Education

Reminder on how to find your Senators!

If you have a GOP/MAGA Senator, use this advice from Reddit in trying to convince them to oppose it:

In case you missed it, the “nonprofit killer bill”—which would give the executive branch unprecedented control to revoke nonprofit’s tax status and kill off any organization they don’t agree with— is back.1 And this time, it’s wrapped into a budget bill, which is moving quickly.

I’ll go over the details in a second, but we are moving quickly to stop this bill so that countless organizations that run food banks, provide disaster relief, and fight for your rights aren’t shut down. Can you chip in right now to fuel this rapid response campaign?

HELP STOP THE NONPROFIT KILLER BILL

Okay, let me get you up to speed:

You might remember in November when Congress was trying to pass HR 9495, the original version of this bill. If passed, this bill would let the Trump administration (as well as future presidential administrations) designate any nonprofit as “terrorist affiliated,” and strip them of their tax-exempt status (aka their 501(c)3 status, for the tax nerds out there) with no justification or due process.2

TAKE ACTION NOW: Complete CAIR's Action Alert and demand Congress remove this provision

Now, the same bill text is attached to a budget reconciliation package that’s moving rapidly through House committees and could get a floor vote by Memorial Day.3 We rallied so much opposition to the bill last time around that this budget process is the best chance proponents have for passing it. That means it’s also our best chance to kill it, maybe even for good. We have to seize this opportunity urgently, and we can’t do it without you. If you can chip in right now, in any amount, please do.

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It’s not hard to see where this would go: Trump has already been going after activists, foundations, universities, and government officials and agencies that don’t agree with him.4 If this bill passes, it would allow him to target nonprofits with impunity. And the end result would be people who rely on these groups for support and community resources would suffer.

As soon as we found out this bill was included in a must-pass budget package, we jumped to action. In less than 24 hours we got a helpful call tool set up, drove over 700 calls to key Congressional offices, and got our take out to news outlets so they could help raise awareness.5,6,7

But we need to do more. Your support will help:

Drive thousands more calls into lawmakers offices. The last time we did this, we overloaded the Congressional phone lines. We need to do it again. We’ve got a great call tool that connects people to their lawmakers and tells them what to say, but each call costs money and it adds up.

Get celebrities and influencers to raise the alarm. We’ve got a plan to engage folks with big audiences to help reach more people, and get them to take more actions.

Pressure lawmakers directly. Our very small but mighty team in DC is already talking to Congressional staffers and figuring out where we can put pressure to influence votes and amend the budget bill to remove the nonprofit killer bill. This kind of pressure, paired with grassroots outreach, is what we know will help us win.

Everything we’re able to do is thanks to your support. Your donations allow us to quickly jump to action, respond quickly when we get breaking intel, and reach millions of people who care about the future of their favorite local nonprofits. Please donate now.

We really think we’ve got a fighting chance to kill this terrible bill. We did it once before, and we’re ready to do it again.

Footnotes:

1. Statement: H.R. 9495 text in budget is a five-alarm fire for nonprofits nationwide: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-05-12-statement-h-r-9495-text-in-budget-is-a-five-alarm-fire-for-nonprofits-nationwide/

2. Civil Society Letter to House Opposing H.R. 9495: https://www.aclu.org/documents/civil-society-letter-to-congress-opposing-hr-9495

3. Nonprofit Times: https://thenonprofittimes.com/npt_articles/breaking-exempt-status-endowments-and-donors-targets-in-house-bill/

4. NPR: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5379979/trump-has-targeted-more-than-100-opponents-and-institutions-npr-analysis-finds

5. The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/14/tax-status-non-profits-terrorism-republicans

6. AP: https://apnews.com/article/congress-nonprofits-tax-exempt-terrorism-trump-f9f5cfad4ea64c0745313a0b8a84fccf

This would make pro-Palestine nonprofits illegal among others. This is time-sensitive as it'll be back on Monday.

If you are too anxious to call use this free fax service:

If we're lucky, it'll get struck down in the Senate, or will reach Biden's desk before Trump is sworn in.

(Credit to @ohcorny)

A helpful reminder when calling people about voting against H.R. 9495/H.R 6408 and voting against KOSA. (By the way, Americans under 18 can still call too.)

Important links here: