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HR 1686 115th Congress House Taxation Charitable contributions Corporate finance and management Income tax deductions Public utilities and utility rates

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions by regulated public utilities.

Introduced: March 22, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 22, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for charitable contributions, to extend from 5 years to 20 years the time period during which a corporation that is a regulated public utility or an affiliated group may carry over excess charitable contributions.

What's happening now March 22, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 3 Republican 3
D
Costa, Jim
California · Oct 23, 2017
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Jul 26, 2017
 R
Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · Jul 24, 2017
 R
Emmer, Tom
Minnesota · Jul 11, 2017
Meehan, Patrick
· Jun 29, 2017
 R
Smith, Jason
Missouri · Jun 27, 2017
THORNBERRY, WILLIAM
· Jun 22, 2017
TIBERI, PATRICK
· Jun 20, 2017
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 22, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1686: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions by regulated public utilities.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1686/
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"H.R. 1686: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions by regulated public utilities.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1686/.
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H.R. 1686, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1686/.
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