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H.R. 6490: CHARITY 2022 Act

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H.R. 6490: CHARITY 2022 Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-04-10 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-04-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

CHARITY 2022 Act

Plain summary

Coronavirus Help And Response Initiative Through Year 2022 Act or the CHARITY 2022 Act This bill allows a taxpayer a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for charitable contributions for a taxable year beginning in 2020-2022, even if such taxpayer does not otherwise itemize deductions. The deduction may not exceed one-third of the taxpayer's standard deduction amount.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

CHARITY 2022 Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6] · 0 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Ballot initiative
A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr6490 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116