Charitable Donations Freedom Act

Bill: 116-hr-3595
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2019-06-28
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Charitable contributions
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Charitable Donations Freedom Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows employees or officers of the federal government or the District of Columbia to accept donations of goods. (Under current law, the Antideficiency Act generally prohibits federal agencies or the District from accepting voluntary services or employing personal services not authorized by law, except in cases of emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property. The bill specifies that the term &quot;voluntary services&quot; does not include the donation of goods.) </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3595 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 28, 2019 Mr. Roy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend section 1342 of title 31, United States Code (the Antideficiency Act), to define the term voluntary services.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Charitable Donations Freedom Act . 2. Voluntary services Section 1342 of title 31, United States Code (the Antideficiency Act), is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: As used in this section, the term voluntary services does not include the donation of goods. .