III 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. CON. RES. 15 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 8, 2005 Mr. Santorum submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Finance CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Encouraging all Americans to increase their charitable giving, with the goal of increasing the annual amount of charitable giving in the United States by 1 percent.

Whereas individual charitable giving rates among Americans have stagnated at 1.5 to 2.2 percent of aggregate individual income for the past 50 years; Whereas a 1 percent increase (from 2 percent to 3 percent) in charitable giving will generate over $90,000,000,000 to charity; Whereas charitable giving is a significant source of funding for health, education, and welfare programs; and Whereas a 1 percent increase in charitable giving may reduce the Federal deficit, reduce the call for tax increases, and provide funds to benefit our national health, education, and welfare goals: Now, therefore, be it

That Congress encourages all Americans to increase their charitable giving, with the goal of increasing the annual amount of charitable giving in the United States by 1 percent.