I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4462 
To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for 
the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2010 
Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. CAMP, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. 
STARK, Mr. HERGER, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. NUNES, 
Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. 
BECERRA, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. 
POMEROY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mr. KIND, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. CROWLEY, 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. DAVIS of 
Alabama, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, 
Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ADLER of New Jersey, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. BACA, 
Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 
BOSWELL, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRALEY of 
Iowa, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, 
Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CHANDLER, 
Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY of 
Virginia, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CUELLAR, Mrs. DAVIS of 
California, Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. DRIEHAUS, Mr. 
EHLERS, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 
FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Ms. FOXX, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. 
FUDGE, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GONZALEZ, 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HALL of New York, Mrs. 
HALVORSON, Mr. HARE, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. HIRONO, 
Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illi-
nois, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KAGEN, Ms. KILROY, Mrs. KIRK-
PATRICK of Arizona, Mr. KISSELL, Ms. KOSMAS, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MACK, 
Mr. MASSA, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. 
MICHAUD, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 
Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MURPHY of New York, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
NYE, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PERRIELLO, Mr. PIERLUISI, 
Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Mr. PRICE of North 
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Carolina, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. REYES, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 
RUSH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHAUER, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SESTAK, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, 
Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 
SNYDER, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. TEAGUE, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
TOWNS, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. WALZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. 
WEINER, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, and Mr. WU) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash 
contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake 
in Haiti. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ACCELERATION OF INCOME TAX BENEFITS FOR 
CHARITABLE CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RE-
LIEF OF VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 170 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a taxpayer may treat any 
contribution described in subsection (b) made after Janu-
ary 11, 2010, and before March 1, 2010, as if such con-
tribution was made on December 31, 2009, and not in 
2010. 
(b) CONTRIBUTION DESCRIBED.—A contribution is 
described in this subsection if such contribution is a cash 
contribution made for the relief of victims in areas af-
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fected by the earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, 
for which a charitable contribution deduction is allowable 
under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(c) RECORDKEEPING.—In the case of a contribution 
described in subsection (b), a telephone bill showing the 
name of the donee organization, the date of the contribu-
tion, and the amount of the contribution shall be treated 
as meeting the recordkeeping requirements of section 
170(f)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
Æ 
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