S 94 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Act

Introduced Jan 24, 2005 Originated Senate Sponsor Richard G. Lugar R-IN

Latest action · Jan 24, 2005 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 24, 2005
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (the deduction is currently available only to certain corporations).

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2005 to Jul 11, 2006; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-NC	Elizabeth Dole	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith	Original	Jan 24, 2005
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-NV	John Ensign		May 23, 2005
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin		May 23, 2005
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski		Jun 8, 2005
D-IN	Evan Bayh		Jul 11, 2006

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 24, 2005

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 24, 2005Introduced in Senate
Jan 24, 2005Read 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 S260	Richard G. Lugar R-IN	Jan 24, 2005

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory.
Short Titles as Introduced: Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 24, 2005Introduced in Senate

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