Charitable Giving Tax Deduction Act
Latest action · Jan 17, 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.
- IntroducedJan 17, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Charitable Giving Tax Deduction Act
This bill modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to allow a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for charitable contributions that are allowed as an itemized deduction under current law.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 17, 2019 to Jun 25, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Jan 17, 2019 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Jan 29, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Jan 29, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 29, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Jan 29, 2019 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Feb 4, 2019 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Feb 26, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Mar 11, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Mar 11, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Mar 27, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | May 1, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | May 20, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Ross Spano | May 21, 2019 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Jul 22, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| R-LA | Mike Johnson | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Dec 13, 2019 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Jan 9, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Mar 19, 2020 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Mar 26, 2020 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jun 25, 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 Jan 17, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 17, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 17, 2019Referred 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 page H720.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45922 | Tax Issues Relating to Charitable Contributions and Organizations Archived | Report | Aug 4, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5771 | Charitable Giving Tax Deduction Act | Reintroduction of | May 10, 2018 |
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 allow the deduction for charitable contributions as an above-the-line deduction.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Charitable Giving Tax Deduction Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 17, 2019Introduced 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.
