{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-ban-certain-foreign-nationals-from-nonprofit-boards", "Cotton Introduces Bill to Ban Certain Foreign Nationals from Nonprofit Boards", "2025-09-17", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nContact: Caroline Tabler orPatrick McCann (202) 224-2353\n\nSeptember 17, 2025\n\nCotton Introduces Bill to Ban Certain Foreign Nationals from Nonprofit Boards\n\nWashington, DC \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Nonprofit Governance Integrity Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit foreign nationals from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Cuba from serving on the board of directors of certain nonprofits, to include 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s, and 501(c)(6)s.\n\n\u201cNonprofits that receive tax breaks should be completely free from malign foreign influence. Organizations influenced by adversarial foreign nationals should not benefit from our tax code,\u201d said Senator Cotton.\n\nText of the bill can be found here.\n\nThe Nonprofit Governance Integrity Act would:\n\nProhibit any 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), or 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization from receiving tax exempt status if any member of the board of directors, or a similar governing body, is a citizen or national of a nation listed as a Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC).\n\nThis rule would not apply to churches or a convention or association of churches.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-ban-certain-foreign-nationals-from-nonprofit-boards"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8147959597408772, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}