SAFE Act of 2020
Latest action · Apr 14, 2020 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.
- IntroducedApr 14, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sanitary Access For Everyone Act of 2020 or the SAFE Act of 2020
This bill suspends limitations on individual and corporate charitable contributions in 2020 for donations of hand sanitizers by a distilled spirits operation.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 14, 2020 to Jun 8, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Jun 8, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 14, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 14, 2020Introduced in House
- Apr 14, 2020Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 71, April 14, 2020, page H1889.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish special temporary rules relating to the charitable deduction for the donation of hand sanitizer by a distilled spirits operation, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SAFE Act of 2020
- Sanitary Access For Everyone Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Alcoholic beverages
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Charitable contributions
- Corporate finance and management
- Cosmetics and personal care
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Income tax deductions
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 14, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
