HR517Enacted into Law
Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
Passed Both
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-16
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
David Kustoff
Republican · TN · Representative
Votes with party: 98.5% (550 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/K000392
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (1)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on FinanceDischarged From · 2025-07-10
- House Committee on Ways and MeansReported By · 2025-03-27
Previously
- Finance CommitteeDischarged From · 2025-07-10
- Senate Committee on FinanceReferred To · 2025-04-01
- Finance CommitteeReferred To · 2025-04-01
- Ways and Means CommitteeReported By · 2025-03-27
- House Committee on Ways and MeansMarkup By · 2025-02-26
Plain-English Summary
Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act This bill authorizes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to postpone federal tax deadlines for taxpayers affected by a qualified state declared disaster, upon written request by the state governor. The bill also increases the automatic extension of federal tax deadlines for certain taxpayers. Under current law, the IRS may postpone federal tax deadlines for taxpayers affected by a federally declared disaster, including (but not limited to) deadlines for (1) filing federal tax returns, (2) paying federal taxes, (3) making retirement plan contributions, and (4) tax assessments and collections. The bill authorizes the IRS to postpone such federal tax deadlines for taxpayers affected by a qualified state declared disaster upon written request by the state’s governor (or the District of Columbia mayor). Under the bill, a state includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The bill defines qualified state declared disaster as any natural catastrophe, fire, flood, or explosion that causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a request to postpone such federal tax deadlines. Further, under current law, an automatic 60-day extension of such federal tax deadlines applies to certain relief workers, individuals killed or injured as a result of a federally declared disaster, and taxpayers whose principal residence, business, or tax records are located in a federally declared disaster area. The bill increases to 120 days the automatic extension of federal tax deadlines for these taxpayers.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Taxation
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