S. 243: Giving Incentives to Volunteers Everywhere Act of 2009
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S. 243: Giving Incentives to Volunteers Everywhere Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-01-14 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S393)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-01-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S393) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Giving Incentives to Volunteers Everywhere Act of 2009
Plain summary
Giving Incentives to Volunteers Everywhere Act of 2009 or the GIVE Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile for charitable purposes to a rate not less than the rate used for the tax deduction for medical transportation expenses; and (2) exclude from the gross income of charitable volunteers reimbursements paid to them for the use of a passenger automobile for the benefit of a charitable organization.
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Official text
Giving Incentives to Volunteers Everywhere Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · 16 cosponsors
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Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Ron Wyden (D-OR)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s243.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s243 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111