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<meta><dc:title>Public Law 118–146: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the deductibility of charitable contributions to certain organizations for members of the Armed Forces.</dc:title>
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<preface><centerRunningHead>PUBLIC LAW 118–146—DEC. 12, 2024</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/138/1673">138 STAT. 1673</page>
<dc:type>Public Law</dc:type><docNumber>118–146</docNumber>
<congress value="118">118th Congress</congress>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize12" style="-uslm-lc:I658005">An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658011">To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the deductibility of charitable contributions to certain organizations for members of the Armed Forces.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8" id="x408f7722-e810-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658076"><approvedDate date="2024-12-12">Dec. 12, 2024</approvedDate></p><p class="centered fontsize8" id="x408f7723-e810-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658076">[<ref href="/us/bill/118/hr/1432">H.R. 1432</ref>]<?GPOvSpace 08?></p></sidenote></officialTitle>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><i>  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x408f7724-e810-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">VSO Equal Tax Treatment Act.</p></sidenote>
<section id="d28184e88" identifier="/us/pl/118/146/s1" style="-uslm-lc:I658146"><num class="bold" value="1">SECTION 1. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x408f7725-e810-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1">26 USC 1 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="act">VSO Equal Tax Treatment Act</shortTitle>” or as the “<shortTitle role="act">VETT Act</shortTitle>”.</content></section>
<section id="d28184e106" identifier="/us/pl/118/146/s2" style="-uslm-lc:I658141"><num class="fontsize12" value="2">SEC. 2. </num><heading>DEDUCTIBILITY OF CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y408fc546-e810-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" identifier="/us/pl/118/146/s2/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x408fc547-e810-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s170">26 USC 170</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y408fc548-e810-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>An organization described in section 501(c)(19) that is a federally chartered corporation.”</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y408fc549-e810-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" identifier="/us/pl/118/146/s2/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Percentage Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 170(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end of clause (viii), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end of clause (ix), and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (ix) the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 fontsize10" id="y408fec5a-e810-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="x">“(x) </num><content>an organization described in section 501(c)(19) that is a federally chartered corporation,”</content></clause>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y408fec5b-e810-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" identifier="/us/pl/118/146/s2/c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x408fec5c-e810-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s170">26 USC 170 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection>
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<actionDescription style="-uslm-lc:I658030">Approved</actionDescription> <date date="2024-12-12">December 12, 2024</date>.</action>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658031"><inline class="underline">LEGISLATIVE HISTORY</inline>—<ref href="/us/bill/118/hr/1432">H.R. 1432</ref>:</heading>
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<headingText style="-uslm-lc:I658032">HOUSE REPORTS:</headingText> ┐No. <ref href="/us/hrpt/118/351">118–351</ref> (<committee>Comm. on Ways and Means</committee>).
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658032">CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):</heading>
<p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="x408fec5d-e810-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Sept. 17, considered and passed House.</p><p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="x408fec5e-e810-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Dec. 4, considered and passed Senate.</p></note>
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