This month's Legislative Round-Up includes updates on The Nonprofit Alliance Advocacy Week, draft privacy legislation, Universal Charitable Deduction, New Jersey's Daniel's Law, USPS Rate Increases, and Congressional Spotlight on Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV).

On March 20, The Nonprofit Alliance (TNPA) had another of its Capitol Hill Days. It was fast-paced, with participants meeting with eight Senate offices, including meetings with Senators James Lankford (R-OK), the lead Senate Republican on S. 566, the Charitable Act (the Universal Charitable Deduction legislation) and Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a co-sponsor of the Charitable Act and a key supporter of the IRA Charitable Rollover Expansion legislation signed into law in December 2022.

Whether Congress will agree to funding for the Federal Government to avoid a government shutdown is again a close call. The current short-term funding measure will run out for some government agencies at midnight on Friday, March 1, and funding for other parts of the government will run out at midnight on Friday, March 8.

Congress avoided a government shutdown by approving short-term funding until early March. The temporary measure, signed into law by President Biden, will run until March 1 for some agencies and extends funding for other parts of the government until March 8. Thus, in roughly a month, Congress will face another funding challenge to keep the government open.

The interim funding package adopted by Congress last month runs out on January 19 for part of the federal government, with the remaining funding for other parts of the government expiring on February 2. These deadlines will be quickly upon us, an issue of critical concern for charitable organizations. Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are already being pushed to the limit to help people in need.