3.0.0 1780 2023-01-13T04:49:59Z 2023-01-13T04:49:59Z Senate S S 2005-09-28 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-09-28T16:37:03Z Charitable Giving Act of 2005 109 3908 HR 2005-11-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. Related bill CRS MORE Act 109 6 S 2005-03-07 Star Print ordered on on the bill. Related bill CRS 2005-09-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-09-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10597-10598) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA N L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2005-09-28 True F000439 Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] WILLIAM FRIST R TN H. 2005-09-28 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2005-09-28 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2005-09-28 True S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2005-09-28 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2005-09-28 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2005-09-28 True B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2005-09-28 True D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2005-09-29 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-10-04 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2005-11-08 False W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2005-11-18 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2005-12-20 False C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2006-02-27 False Taxation Agriculture and Food Art Arts, Culture, Religion Automobiles Block grants Books Charitable contributions College costs Commerce Community organization Economics and Public Finance Education Entrepreneurs Evaluation research (Social action programs) Families Finance and Financial Sector Food relief Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Group homes Higher education Home ownership Housing and Community Development Housing finance Income tax Individual retirement accounts Inventories Investment tax credit Labor and Employment Literature Maternal and infant welfare Music Nonprofit organizations Saving and investment Social Welfare Tax deductions Tax exclusion Tax penalties Tax-exempt organizations Transportation and Public Works Volunteer workers Women Taxation 00 2005-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-26T20:11:32Z CARE Act of 2005 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to charitable giving, including to: (1) allow nonitemizing taxpayers to claim a tax deduction for charitable contributions; (2) permit tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes; (3) expand the tax deductions for charitable contributions of food and book inventories; (4) allow an increased tax deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, and scholarly compositions; and (5) exclude from gross income reimbursements to volunteers for the charitable use of an automobile. Revises various disclosure and oversight requirements relating to tax-exempt organizations.

Restores and increases funding for the Social Services Block Grant Program.

Savings for Working Families Act of 2005 - Allows certain low income individuals to establish individual development accounts (IDAs) to accumulate assets for homeownership, education, business startup, and other purposes. Allows an investment tax credit for contributions to an IDA.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the U.S. Attorney General, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, nongovernmental organizations to assist nonprofit community-based organizations in delivering social services.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract for an evaluation of maternity group homes under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.

]]> A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the public disclosure of activities of exempt organizations, and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by building assets, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the public disclosure of activities of exempt organizations, and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by building assets, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the public disclosure of activities of exempt organizations, and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by building assets, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill CARE Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Savings for Working Families Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-09-28T04:00:00Z 2005-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.