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Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act

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This Act may be cited as the Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act.
Section 7508A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:
The Secretary (after consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency) may, upon the written request of the Governor of a State (or the Mayor, in the case of the District of Columbia), apply the rules of subsections (a) and (b) to a qualified State declared disaster in the same manner as a disaster, fire, or action otherwise described in subsection (a).
For purposes of this section, the term qualified State declared disaster means, with respect to any State, any natural catastrophe (including any hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, winddriven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, or drought), or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion, in any part of the State, which in the determination of the Governor of such State (or the Mayor, in the case of the District of Columbia) causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant the application of the rules of this section.
For purposes of this section, the term State includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Section 7508A(e) of such Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended—
by striking 60 days in paragraph (1)(B) thereof and inserting 120 days,
by striking 60-day in paragraph (6) thereof and inserting 120-day, and
by striking 60-day in the heading and inserting 120-day.
The amendments made by this section shall apply to declarations made after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Legislative Timeline

28 actions
  1. Jul 24, 2025
    Signed by President.
  2. Jul 24, 2025
    Signed by President.
  3. Jul 24, 2025
    Became Public Law No: 119-29.
  4. Jul 24, 2025
    Became Public Law No: 119-29.
  5. Jul 17, 2025
    Presented to President.
  6. Jul 17, 2025 House
    Presented to President.
  7. Jul 14, 2025 Senate
    Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  8. Jul 10, 2025
    Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  9. Jul 10, 2025 Senate
    Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4321)
  10. Jul 10, 2025
    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  11. Jul 10, 2025 Senate
    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  12. Apr 1, 2025 Senate
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  13. Mar 31, 2025 House
    Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  14. Mar 31, 2025 House
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1347-1348)
  15. Mar 31, 2025 House
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 517.
  16. Mar 31, 2025 House
    At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  17. Mar 31, 2025 House
    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1356)
  18. Mar 31, 2025
    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 388 - 0 (Roll no. 84). (text: CR H1347: 1)
  19. Mar 31, 2025 House
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 388 - 0 (Roll no. 84). (text: CR H1347)
  20. Mar 31, 2025 House
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  21. Mar 27, 2025
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-44.
  22. Mar 27, 2025 House
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-44.
  23. Mar 27, 2025 House
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 31.
  24. Feb 26, 2025 House
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  25. Feb 26, 2025 House
    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.
  26. Jan 16, 2025
    Introduced in House
  27. Jan 16, 2025
    Introduced in House
  28. Jan 16, 2025 House
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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