HR 2502 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2011

Latest action · Jul 12, 2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 12, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax exclusion of distributions from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) for charitable purposes to: (1) make such exclusion permanent; (2) eliminate the $100,000 cap on such exclusion; (3) permit tax-free distributions from IRAs to a split-interest entity (i.e., a charitable remainder annuity or unitrust, a pooled income fund, and a charitable gift annuity); and (4) allow distributions to a split-interest entity to be made when the account beneficiary attains age 59-1/2 (otherwise, age 70-1/2 for IRA distributions to a charitable organization).

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2011 to Oct 26, 2012; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJul 12, 2011
D-CABob FilnerJul 29, 2011
R-TXSam JohnsonSep 9, 2011
D-NJRush HoltSep 21, 2011
R-OHBob GibbsOct 3, 2011
R-NYRichard L. HannaOct 3, 2011
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyNov 10, 2011
R-PATodd Russell PlattsNov 10, 2011
D-PRPedro R. PierluisiMar 6, 2012
D-MIDale E. KildeeMar 22, 2012
R-FLDennis A. RossMar 28, 2012
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyApr 16, 2012
R-NDRick BergApr 16, 2012
R-IATom LathamApr 16, 2012
D-MIGary C. PetersApr 19, 2012
R-ILAaron SchockApr 25, 2012
D-MNCollin C. PetersonApr 25, 2012
R-TXRon PaulApr 25, 2012
R-MITim WalbergMay 9, 2012
D-CASusan A. DavisOct 26, 2012

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jul 12, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 12, 2011Introduced in House
  2. Jul 12, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4946.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 557Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2011Identical billMar 10, 2011

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 12, 2011Introduced in House

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