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S 1579 98th Congress Senate Taxation Charitable contributions Income tax Motor Vehicles and Driving Motor vehicles Public Welfare and Charities Tax deductions

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile which may be used in computing the charitable contribution deduction…

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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile which may be used in computing the charitable contribution deduction shall be the same as the standard mileage rate which may be used in computing the business expense deduction.

Introduced: June 29, 1983 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 1, 1983
Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-499.
Jul 7, 1983
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.
Jun 29, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 29, 1983
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile which may be used in computing the charitable contribution deduction shall be the same as the standard mileage rate which may be used in computing the business expense deduction.

What's happening now August 1, 1983

Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-499.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Feb 2, 1984
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1579: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile which may be used in computing the charitable contribution deduction shall be the same as the standard mileage rate which may be used in computing the business expense deduction.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-S-1579/
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"S. 1579: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile which may be used in computing the charitable contribution deduction shall be the same as the standard mileage rate which may be used in computing the business expense deduction.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-S-1579/.
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S. 1579, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-S-1579/.
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[S. 1579: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile which may be used in computing the charitable contribution deduction shall be the same as the standard mileage rate which may be used in computing the business expense deduction.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-S-1579/)
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