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HR 4942 114th Congress House Taxation Aging Charitable contributions Disability assistance Food assistance and relief Income tax deductions Motor vehicles Transportation costs

DELIVER Act of 2016

Introduced: April 14, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Apr 14, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 14, 2016
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Delivering Elderly Lunches and Increasing Volunteer Engagement and Reimbursements Act of 2016 or the DELIVER Act of 2016

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase 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. The bill increases the rate from the standard charitable rate of 14 cents per mile to the standard business mileage rate, which is 54 cents per mile for 2016.

What's happening now April 14, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 4
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Calvert, Ken
California · Jun 24, 2016
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · May 16, 2016
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Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · May 10, 2016
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Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Apr 19, 2016
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Williams, Roger
Texas · Apr 19, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4942: DELIVER Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4942/
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"H.R. 4942: DELIVER Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4942/.
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H.R. 4942, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4942/.
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