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HR 5930 110th Congress House Taxation Charitable contributions Charities Emergency Management Emergency medicine Families Federal employees Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Health Income tax Labor and Employment Local employees Paramedical personnel Social Welfare State employees Survivors' benefits Tax deductions Tax-exempt organizations Volunteer workers

Charitable Aid to Community Heroes Act of 2008

Introduced: April 30, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 30, 2008
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Charitable Aid to Community Heroes Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit charitable organizations to receive contributions on behalf of federal, state, or local government employees or members of a volunteer emergency response organization who are injured or killed while protecting life or property and to distribute such contributions to such employees or members and their family members within a specified time period.

What's happening now April 30, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Thompson, Mike
California · Apr 30, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5930: Charitable Aid to Community Heroes Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5930/
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"H.R. 5930: Charitable Aid to Community Heroes Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5930/.
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H.R. 5930, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5930/.
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