S 272 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

CARE Act of 2003

Introduced Jan 30, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Rick Santorum R-PA

Latest action · Jan 30, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 30, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Charity Aid, Recovery, and Empowerment Act of 2003 or the CARE Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to charitable giving, charitable organizations, and social services to, among other things: (1) allow a deduction for a portion of charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize; (2) allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes; (3) allow for the exclusion of 25 percent of gain on sales or exchanges of land or water interests to eligible entities for conservation purposes; (4) exclude mileage reimbursements to charitable volunteers from gross income; (5) increase oversight of tax-exempt organizations; (6) suspend the tax-exempt status of terrorist organizations; (7) modify the excise tax on unrelated business taxable income of charitable remainder trusts; (8) repeal the grassroots expenditure limit for charitable organizations; (9) modify the definition of convention or association of churches to state that no such grouping shall fail to qualify merely because individuals are members or because individuals have voting rights in such organization; (10) count certain payments made by charitable organizations to victims in the war against terrorism as related to the purpose or function constituting the basis for such organizations' exemptions; (11) restore funds for the Social Services Block Grant; (12) restore authority to transfer up to ten percent of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds to the Social Services Block Grant.

Savings for Working Families Act of 2003 - States as a purpose of this Act to provide for the establishment of individual development account programs that will provide individuals and families with limited means an opportunity to accumulate assets and to enter the financial mainstream. Provides procedures for opening and maintaining such an account and qualifying for matching funds.

Authorizes appropriations for the: (1) Savings for Working Families Act of 2003; and (2) administration of exempt organizations by the Internal Revenue Service.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to and enter into cooperative agreements to support nonprofit community-based organizations. Authorizes appropriations.

Prohibits requiring a nongovernmental social service organization to: (1) remove religious art, icons, or scripture; (2) alter its charter; or (3) alter religious qualifications for board membership.

Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to provide for maternity group homes and evaluation of such homes.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2003 to Mar 12, 2003; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Bill Nelson	Original	Jan 30, 2003
R-IA	Chuck Grassley	Original	Jan 30, 2003
D-IN	Evan Bayh	Original	Jan 30, 2003
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith	Original	Jan 30, 2003
R-MO	Jim Talent	Original	Jan 30, 2003
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Jan 30, 2003
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu	Original	Jan 30, 2003
R-UT	Orrin G. Hatch	Original	Jan 30, 2003
R-IN	Richard G. Lugar	Original	Jan 30, 2003
R-TN	William H. Frist	Original	Jan 30, 2003
D-GA	Zell Miller	Original	Jan 30, 2003
R-OH	Mike DeWine		Feb 10, 2003
R-CO	Wayne Allard		Feb 12, 2003
R-MS	Thad Cochran		Feb 14, 2003
R-AL	Jeff Sessions		Feb 24, 2003
R-KS	Sam Brownback		Feb 25, 2003
R-KY	Jim Bunning		Feb 26, 2003
R-NM	Pete V. Domenici		Mar 3, 2003
R-VA	John Warner		Mar 5, 2003
R-UT	Robert F. Bennett		Mar 6, 2003
R-MN	Norm Coleman		Mar 12, 2003
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss		Mar 12, 2003

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Jan 31, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 30, 2003Introduced in Senate
Jan 30, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1835-1836)
Jan 30, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S1835	Rick Santorum R-PA	Jan 30, 2003

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 256	CARE Act of 2003	Related bill	Jan 30, 2003

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the public disclosure of activities of exempt organizations, and to enhance the ability of low income Americans to gain financial security by building assets, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: CARE Act of 2003; Charity Aid, Recovery, and Empowerment Act of 2003
Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill: Savings for Working Families Act of 2003
Popular Titles: Charitable Contributions bill

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 30, 2003Introduced in Senate

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