1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act of 2017 . 2. Sense of the senate relating to the protection of charitable deductions (a) Findings The Senate makes the following findings: (1) The deduction for charitable contributions has been an important and effective part of the tax code for almost 100 years. (2) The deduction for charitable contributions is unique as it is the only provision that encourages taxpayers to give away a portion of their income for the benefit of others. (3) In 2012, nonprofit organizations provided 11,400,000 jobs, accounting for 10.3 percent of the country’s private-sector workforce. (4) In 2015, total charitable giving was estimated to be $373,250,000,000 (a 4.1-percent increase from 2014) and accounted for 2.1 percent of the gross domestic product. (b) Sense of the Senate It is the sense of the Senate that— (1) encouraging charitable giving should be a goal of tax reform