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<dc:title>119 HR 1582 IH: Volunteer Driver Tax Appreciation Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-02-25</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 1582</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250225">February 25, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S001212">Mr. Stauber</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="C001119">Ms. Craig</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the charitable mileage rate with the business travel rate.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HCDC3EC31CC05492396820D83A163B8D4" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H6ECD79EE11E54529AADB48152A9805B2" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Volunteer Driver Tax Appreciation Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HAEC47EBC9FC949288FF6814BD6976202"><enum>2.</enum><header>Increase in charitable mileage rate</header> <subsection id="HBCD41F75ABED4ED88CF7D87018857AE7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (i) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/170">section 170</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>shall be 14 cents per mile</quote> and inserting </text> 
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H75528C9E5E7C403AAD3B761232CC2AB5" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text>shall be—</text> <paragraph id="H744E2A6D4A614F378314DD7316CB59EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in paragraph (2), 14 cents per mile, and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H4D0A659CDFA7416FB605ABAD407565A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of transportation of persons (other than the taxpayer) or property on behalf of an organization described in subsection (c), the rate determined by the Secretary, which rate shall not be less than the standard mileage rate used for purposes of sections 162 and 212.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H51130BC8B34B4EE4920A09AD780586BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.</text></subsection></section> 
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