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HR 271 111th Congress House Taxation Disability assistance Food assistance and relief Income tax deductions Motor vehicles Social security and elderly assistance Transportation costs

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail and at risk individuals.

Introduced: January 7, 2009 Introduced by: Latta, Robert E. Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 7, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to 58.5 cents per mile the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of a passenger automobile to deliver meals to homebound individuals who are elderly, disabled, frail, or at risk.

What's happening now January 7, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 271: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail and at risk individuals.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-271/
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"H.R. 271: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail and at risk individuals.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-271/.
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H.R. 271, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-271/.
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[H.R. 271: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail and at risk individuals.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-271/)
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