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[[File:Brazilla Carroll Reece RNC 1946.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rep. Reece in 1946.]]

[[File:Brazilla Carroll Reece RNC 1946.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rep. Reece in 1946.]]

The congressional '''Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations''', known during the 83rd Congress as the '''Reece Committee''', was an investigative group in the [[United States House of Representatives]] enacted to probe the activities of tax-exempt organizations for potential subversion. It was created at the advocacy of [[conservative]] [[Tennessee]] Republican [[B. Carroll Reece]] in response to the insufficient investigations, findings, and conclusions of the previous [[Cox Committee]].<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/12/22/the-reece-committee-on-foundations-conspiratorial-nonsense-or-an-expose-of-a-threat-to-the-nation/comment-page-1/ The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref>

The congressional '''[[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]]''', known during the 83rd Congress as the '''Reece Committee''', was an investigative group in the [[United States House of Representatives]] enacted to probe the activities of tax-exempt organizations for potential subversion. It was created at the advocacy of [[conservative]] [[Tennessee]] Republican [[B. Carroll Reece]] in response to the insufficient investigations, findings, and conclusions of the previous [[Cox Committee]].<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/12/22/the-reece-committee-on-foundations-conspiratorial-nonsense-or-an-expose-of-a-threat-to-the-nation/comment-page-1/ The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref>

Reece presented the following criticisms of the Cox Committee in urging for the re-enactment of the select committee during the 83rd Congress:<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>

Reece presented the following criticisms of the Cox Committee in urging for the re-enactment of the select committee during the 83rd Congress:<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>