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S 94 109th Congress Senate

Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory.

Introduced: May 23, 2005 See on congress.gov
Taxation Agriculture and FoodCharitable contributionsCommerceFinance and Financial Sector
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Food industryFood reliefIncome taxInventoriesTax deductionsValuation
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This bill died when the 109th Congress ended
It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jan 24, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 24, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action January 24, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (the deduction is currently available only to certain corporations).
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Jun 8, 2005
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 23, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 94: Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-94/
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"S. 94: Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-94/.
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