1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Safeguarding America’s Nonprofits Act".

2. Certain exemptions from Federal income tax not treated as Federal financial assistance

(a) In general - Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(s) Certain exemptions not treated as Federal financial assistance - In the case of any organization described in subsection (c) or (d) or any organization described in section 401(a), for purposes of any Federal law, rule, or regulation, unless explicitly provided otherwise, the term "Federal financial assistance", or any other term referring to assistance provided by the Federal Government, shall not include any exemption from the taxes imposed by this subtitle.

(b) Rule of construction - Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed to imply that an exemption from Federal income taxes under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 constituted assistance from the Federal Government for periods before the date of the enactment of this Act.