The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act (H.R. 9495) grants the Treasury secretary unilateral authority to label nonprofits as "terrorist supporting organizations" and strip them of their tax-exempt status without due process, a move that critics argue could empower dictatorship and silence dissent.

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