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HR 1821 115th Congress House Taxation Aging Charitable contributions Disability assistance Food assistance and relief Income tax deductions Motor vehicles Transportation costs

DELIVER Act of 2017

Introduced: March 30, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Mar 30, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 30, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Delivering Elderly Lunches and Increasing Volunteer Engagement and Reimbursements Act of 2017 or the DELIVER Act of 2017

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 53.5 cents per mile for 2017.

What's happening now March 30, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 694 Identical bill DELIVER Act of 2017
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 6 Republican 2
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · May 23, 2018
CULBERSON, JOHN
· Jul 28, 2017
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jul 20, 2017
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 12, 2017
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jul 12, 2017
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jul 12, 2017
 R
Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · Jun 13, 2017
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · May 19, 2017
 R
Williams, Roger
Texas · Apr 27, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1821: DELIVER Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1821/
MLA
"H.R. 1821: DELIVER Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1821/.
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H.R. 1821, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1821/.
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[H.R. 1821: DELIVER Act of 2017](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1821/)
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