# 114-hr-4942: DELIVER Act of 2016

114-hr-4942, DELIVER Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by JOE BARTON (R-TX); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4942
- Congress: 114
- Title: DELIVER Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2016-04-14
- Sponsor: JOE BARTON (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Delivering Elderly Lunches and Increasing Volunteer Engagement and Reimbursements Act of 2016 or the DELIVER Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of a passenger automobile to deliver meals to homebound individuals who are elderly, disabled, frail, or at risk. The bill increases the rate from the standard charitable rate of 14 cents per mile to the standard business mileage rate, which is 54 cents per mile for 2016.

## Cosponsors (8)

- JOHN LEWIS (D-GA), 2016-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] (R-TX), 2016-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH), 2016-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2016-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2016-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2016-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2016-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA), 2016-06-24T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-4942 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4942)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4942 (as of 2025-11-18).