# 115-hr-7174: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain veterans organizations to take into account the membership of spouses, widows, and widowers of members of the Armed Forces for purposes of determining tax exempt status.

115-hr-7174, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain veterans organizations to take into account the membership of spouses, widows, and widowers of members of the Armed Forces for purposes of determining tax exempt status., is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-7174
- Congress: 115
- Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain veterans organizations to take into account the membership of spouses, widows, and widowers of members of the Armed Forces for purposes of determining tax exempt status.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2018-11-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain veterans organizations, for which there is no auxiliary unit or society, to take into account members who are spouses, widows, or widowers of past or present members of the Armed Forces to determine whether the organization meets the membership requirements for tax-exempt status.

## Related bills

- 115-hr-7368: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
- 115-hr-7328: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7277: Prevention of Unconstitutional War with Iran Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7217: IMPROVE Act
- 115-hr-7212: Violence Against Women Health Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7173: Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-7174 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/7174)

## Related
- [115-hr-7368: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7368)
- [115-hr-7328: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7328)
- [115-hr-7277: Prevention of Unconstitutional War with Iran Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7277)
- [115-hr-7217: IMPROVE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7217)
- [115-hr-7212: Violence Against Women Health Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7212)
- [115-hr-7173: Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7173)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7174 (as of 2025-11-18).