HR8166-119

In Committee

GUARD Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 30, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, GUARD Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients. The main policy domain is Foreign Policy, Defense, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H2B181CD243074AD287574F60DF6C4E23: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guarding U.S. Associations from Rogue Donations Act or the GUARD Act.
  • Section H6DE3728F33D64D65AE4A88FBEC78ED97: 2. Denial of tax-exempt status to certain organizations receiving contributions or gifts from citizens or nationals of foreign adversaries Section 501 of the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, GUARD Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.

Key Policy Areas

Foreign Policy, Defense, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, GUARD Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.

Policy Domains

Foreign Policy Defense Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
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foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
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federal implementing agencies:
foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 30, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Mar 30, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 30, 2026

Mr. Self introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Foreign Policy Defense Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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