The Safeguarding Charity Act clarifies that tax-exempt status for charitable organizations is not considered "federal financial assistance" under federal law. The bill amends the U.S. Code to specify that tax exemptions for organizations like charities, religious groups, and pension plans (covered under the Internal Revenue Code) should not be treated as government aid when federal laws reference assistance programs. This change could have broad implications for how charities are regulated under federal civil rights laws, anti-discrimination rules, and other federal requirements that apply specifically to recipients of federal funding. The bill also includes a provision stating that this new definition does not retroactively affect how tax exemptions were treated before the law's enactment. No specific funding or timeline is specified in the legislation itself.
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