Holy Sovereignty Protection Act has not moved since its introduction on Jul 17, 2025, with cosponsors, all Republicans
IntroducedJul 17, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 83 words.
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.)
Context
- Committees
- House Judiciary Committee
House Ways and Means Committee - Policy area
- Taxation: 20 of 6,214 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.3%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 27 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 131 words
- Latest action
- Jul 17, 2025: 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.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]