H.R. 517: Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act
Sponsor
David Kustoff
Republican · TN-8
What H.R. 517 does
The Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act lets the Internal Revenue Service postpone federal tax deadlines for taxpayers hit by a state-declared disaster, when the state's governor asks in writing. Until now, it could do so only for federally declared disasters. The D.C. mayor can make the request for the District, and states include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands.
The act defines a qualified state-declared disaster as a natural catastrophe, fire, flood or explosion severe enough to warrant such a request. It also lengthens the automatic extension of tax deadlines, for relief workers, people killed or injured in a federally declared disaster, and taxpayers whose home, business or tax records are in a federally declared disaster area, to 120 days from 60.
How the House voted
Passed · March 31, 2025On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 517 Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act · Roll no. 84 · Official record
HR517 Legislative Journey
Signed into Law
Jul 24, 2025
Became Public Law No: 119-29.
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Action Taken
Jul 17, 2025
Presented to President.
Action Taken
Jul 14, 2025
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed
Jul 10, 2025
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Committee Action
Apr 1, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
House: Vote: 388-0
Mar 31, 2025
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)
About the Sponsor
David Kustoff
Republican, Tennessee's 8th congressional district · 9 years in Congress
Committees: Ways and Means
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Cosponsors at time of passage (1)
This bill has 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat. Cosponsors represent 1 state: California.
Committee Sponsors
Finance Committee
0 of 27 committee members cosponsored at the time
No committee members have cosponsored this bill
Ways and Means Committee
1 of 45 committee members cosponsored at the time
What laws does H.R. 517 change?
1 changes
Sections Amended
Section 7508A of Internal Revenue Code of 1986
redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: ``(c) Special Rule for State-Declared Disasters
H.R. 517 Quick Facts
- Committee
- Finance
- Chamber
- House
- Policy
- Taxation
- Introduced
- Jan 16, 2025
Became Public Law No: 119-29.
Jul 24, 2025
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H.R. 517 Bill Text
“To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules for postponing certain deadlines by reason of disaster.”
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office
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