HR 5293 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2019

Introduced Dec 3, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Mark Walker R-NC

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 3, 2019 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.

IntroducedDec 3, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2019

This bill allows individual taxpayers a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for charitable contributions even if such taxpayers do not elect to itemize deductions for the taxable year. The deduction may not exceed one-third of the taxpayer's standard deduction amount.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 3, 2019 to Jun 29, 2020, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney	Original	Dec 3, 2019
R-FL	Bill Posey	Original	Dec 3, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Dec 3, 2019
R-NC	Mark Meadows	Original	Dec 3, 2019
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton	Original	Dec 3, 2019
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Dec 11, 2019
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Jan 27, 2020
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Mar 11, 2020
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Mar 31, 2020
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Jun 29, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 3, 2019Introduced in House
Dec 3, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 6490	CHARITY 2022 Act	Related bill	Apr 10, 2020

Subjects

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

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Dec 3, 2019Introduced in House

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