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HR 517 · 119th Congress · HouseEnacted

Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act

In plain language: This bill allows people and business owners affected by natural disasters to postpone their federal tax filing and payment deadlines. Governors can request this relief directly from the federal government for state-declared disasters, removing the need to wait for a formal federal disaster declaration. In addition, the bill doubles the guaranteed tax postponement period for disaster victims from 60 days to 120 days.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the number of individuals and businesses impacted depends on future disaster occurrences and state declarations.
Fiscal magnitude—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill modifies tax deadline postponement rules and does not specify appropriations, tax rates, or revenue impacts.
Reach28provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Issues

What this bill touches.

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Taxpayers affected by declared disastersGains access to federal tax deadline postponements during state-declared disasters (upon a governor or mayor's request) and sees the automatic mandatory deadline extension lengthened from 60 days to 120 days.provisional
  • State governors and the Mayor of the District of ColumbiaGains the authority to formally request that the Secretary of the Treasury postpone federal tax deadlines for residents and businesses affected by state-level disaster declarations.provisional

Who it burdens

  • Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue ServiceMust review governor requests in consultation with FEMA to grant tax deadline postponements for state disasters and administer longer (120-day instead of 60-day) automatic deadline extensions.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Authorizes the Department of the Treasury, upon request from a state governor or the mayor of the District of Columbia, to postpone federal tax deadlines for individuals and businesses affected by state-declared disasters.

    Sec. 2(a)provisional

  2. Doubles the mandatory automatic extension for federal tax deadlines from 60 days to 120 days for taxpayers affected by qualified disasters declared after the bill's enactment.

    Sec. 2(b)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Jul 24, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-29.
  2. Jul 24, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-29.
  3. Jul 24, 2025Signed by President.
  4. Jul 24, 2025Signed by President.
  5. Jul 17, 2025Presented to President.
  6. Jul 17, 2025Presented to President.
  7. Jul 10, 2025Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Jul 10, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  9. Mar 31, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  10. Mar 31, 2025On 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)
  11. Mar 31, 2025Passed/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)
  12. Mar 27, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-44.
  13. Mar 27, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-44.
  14. Feb 26, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.
  15. Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
  16. Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House

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