,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ab1       
#bjac,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california 7for 
himself1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 
,mr4 ,issa1 ,mr4 ,heck of ,nevada1 ,mr4 
,honda1 ,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1 ,ms4  
,speier1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,ms4 
,chu1 ,ms4 ,bordallo1 ,mr4 ,al ,green of
 ,texas1 ,ms4 ,hanabusa1 and ,mr4       
,vargas7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on the ,budget1 for a period
 to be subsequently determined by the   
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to accelerate the income tax
 benefits for charitable cash           
contributions for the relief of victims 
of the ,typhoon ,haiyan in the          
,philippines4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,philippines   
,charitable ,giving ,assistance ,act4   

#b4 ,acceleration of income tax benefits
 for charitable cash contributions for  
relief of victims of ,typhoon ,haiyan in
 the ,philippines  7a7 ,in general ,for 
purposes of section #agj of the         
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf1 a    
taxpayer may treat any contribution     
described in subsection 7b7 made after  
,january #a1 #bjad1 and before ,march   
#a1 #bjad1 as if such contribution was  
made on ,december #ca1 #bjac1 and not in
 #bjad4  7b7 ,contribution described ,a 
contribution is described in this       
subsection if such contribution is a    
cash contribution made for the relief of
 victims in the ,republic of the        
,philippines affected by ,typhoon       
,haiyan1 for which a charitable         
contribution deduction is allowable     
under section #agj of the ,internal     
,revenue ,code of #aihf4  7c7           
,recordkeeping ,in the case of a        
contribution described in subsection    
7b71 a telephone bill showing the name  
of the donee organization1 the date of  

the contribution1 and the amount of the 
contribution shall be treated as meeting
 the recordkeeping requirements of      
section #agj7;f77#ag7 of the ,internal  
,revenue ,code of #aihf4  7d7 ,paygo    
,all applicable provisions in this      
section are designated as an emergency  
for purposes of pay-as-you-go           
principles4