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HR 4281 114th Congress House

Charitable Giving Privacy Protection Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the inclusion of social security numbers of donors in charitable contribution substantiation acknowledgements.

Introduced: February 10, 2016 See on congress.gov
Taxation Charitable contributionsRight of privacySocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTax administration and collection, taxpayers
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Dec 17, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 17, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 17, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Charitable Giving Privacy Protection Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from requiring or accepting the Social Security account numbers of donors of charitable donations from donee organizations when such organizations are providing substantiation of such donations. The IRS may require the use of an identifier other than a Social Security account number.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1 Republican 3
D
Costa, Jim
California · Feb 10, 2016
 R
Hill, J. French
Arkansas · Feb 2, 2016
 R
Huizenga, Bill
Michigan · Jan 12, 2016
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Jan 12, 2016
Bridenstine, Jim
· Jan 7, 2016
Roby, Martha
· Jan 7, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4281: Charitable Giving Privacy Protection Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4281/
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"H.R. 4281: Charitable Giving Privacy Protection Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4281/.
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H.R. 4281, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4281/.
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