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HR 4017 110th Congress House

Community Action Rebuilding Effort Act of 2007

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to provide that, in the case of leave-based donation programs with respect to the California wildfires, cash payment… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to provide that, in the case of leave-based donation programs with respect to the California wildfires, cash payments made by employers to qualifying charities in exchange for forgone employee leave will not be treated as income to participating employees and will be deductible by the employers as business expenses or charitable contributions.

Introduced: October 31, 2007 See on congress.gov
Taxation CaliforniaCharitable contributionsCommerceDisaster relief
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Emergency ManagementForest firesIncome taxLeave of absencePublic Lands and Natural ResourcesTax deductionsTax exclusion
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It never became law before the 110th Congress (2007–2008) 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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Oct 31, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 31, 2007
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 Latest action October 31, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Community Action Rebuilding Effort Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide with respect to the California wildfires of October 2007 tax treatment of employer leave-based donation programs similar to the tax treatment provided for such programs after Hurricane Katrina by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Notice 2005-68 (i.e., cash payments by employers to charitable organizations for disaster relief purposes in exchange for foregone employee leave is not taxed as income to participating employees and is deductible by employers as a necessary business expense.)

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Issa, Darrell
California · Oct 31, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4017: Community Action Rebuilding Effort Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4017/
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