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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Charitable Giving Relief Act

H.R. 2499Introduced Sep 18, 1997Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Rep. Philip Crane R-IL
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 18, 1997 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

144 cosponsors — 68 Republicans, 76 Democrats

76 of 144 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), James Barcia (D-MI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), David Bonior (D-MI), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Jon Christensen (R-NE), William Clay (D-MO), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Bob Clement (D-TN), James Clyburn (D-SC), Merrill Cook (R-UT), William Coyne (D-PA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA) and 114 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Philip Crane.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-8 district

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.