Universal Giving Pandemic Response and Recovery Act
Latest action · Mar 9, 2021 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.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Universal Giving Pandemic Response and Recovery Act
This bill allows individual taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize their tax deductions a deduction in taxable years beginning in 2021 or 2022 for charitable contributions. The deduction is limited to one-third of the standard deduction allowed to such taxpayers.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2021 to Sep 22, 2022; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 9, 2021 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Mar 9, 2021 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Mar 9, 2021 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Mar 9, 2021 |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Original | Mar 9, 2021 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 9, 2021 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | Mar 9, 2021 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Mar 25, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Aug 3, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Aug 4, 2021 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Oct 7, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Sep 22, 2022 |
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 Mar 9, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Mar 9, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-811 | EXAMINING CHARITABLE GIVING AND TRENDS IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR200 pages | Finance Committee | Mar 17, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1704 | Universal Giving Pandemic Response and Recovery Act | Identical bill | Mar 9, 2021 |
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 modify and extend the deduction for charitable contributions for individuals not itemizing deductions.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Universal Giving Pandemic Response and Recovery Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2021Introduced in Senate
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.
