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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="3771" measure-id="id113hr3771" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-12-12" update-date="2014-04-11">
<title>Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr3771v49" currentChamber="BOTH" update-date="2014-04-11">
<action-date>2014-03-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Public Law</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on March 24, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act - Treats cash contributions made after the enactment of this Act and before April 15, 2014, for the relief of victims in areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan as having been made on December 31, 2013, for purposes of the tax deduction for charitable contributions. Deems such a contribution as meeting the recordkeeping requirements of the Internal Revenue Code if the taxpayer produces a telephone bill showing the name of the donee organization and the date and amount of the contribution.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id113hr3771v82" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2014-03-27">
<action-date>2014-03-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed Senate without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on March 24, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act - Treats cash contributions made after the enactment of this Act and before April 15, 2014, for the relief of victims in areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan as having been made on December 31, 2013, for purposes of the tax deduction for charitable contributions. Deems such a contribution as meeting the recordkeeping requirements of the Internal Revenue Code if the taxpayer produces a telephone bill showing the name of the donee organization and the date and amount of the contribution.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id113hr3771v36" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2014-03-27">
<action-date>2014-03-24</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act - Treats cash contributions made after the enactment of this Act and before April 15, 2014, for the relief of victims in areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan as having been made on December 31, 2013, for purposes of the tax deduction for charitable contributions. Deems such a contribution as meeting the recordkeeping requirements of the Internal Revenue Code if the taxpayer produces a telephone bill showing the name of the donee organization and the date and amount of the contribution.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id113hr3771v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2014-03-25">
<action-date>2013-12-12</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act - Treats cash contributions made after January 1, 2014, and before March 1, 2014, for the relief of victims in the Republic of the Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan as having been made on December 31, 2013, for purposes of the tax deduction for charitable contributions. Deems such a contribution as meeting the recordkeeping requirements of the Internal Revenue Code if the taxpayer produces a telephone bill showing the name of the donee organization and the date and amount of the contribution.</p>]]></summary-text>
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