A bill to allow a credit against income tax for providing housing to victims of Hurricane Katrina and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive the limitation on charitable donations by individuals for donations for the relief of the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Latest action · Sep 14, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 14, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a per diem tax credit of $20 for taxpayers who provide housing to Hurricane Katrina evacuees between August 26 and December 31, 2005; and (2) waive the limitation on the tax deduction for charitable contributions for cash contributions made before January 1, 2010, to aid Hurricane Katrina victims.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Sep 14, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Sep 14, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10017-10018)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
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- Sep 14, 2005Introduced in Senate
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