Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/517

Official text excerpt

Public Law 119–29: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules for postponing certain deadlines by reason of disaster. 
 Public Law 29 
 Public Law 119–29 139 Stat. 471 
 2025-07-24 
 2025-07-24 
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 PUBLIC LAW 119–29—JULY 24, 2025 
 139 STAT. 471 
 Public Law 119–29 
 119th Congress 
 
 
 
 An Act 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules for postponing certain deadlines by reason of disaster. July 24, 2025 [ H.R. 517 ] 
 
   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act. 
 SECTION 1. 26 USC 1 note . SHORT TITLE.   This Act may be cited as the “ Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act ”. 
 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF RULES FOR POSTPONING CERTAIN DEADLINES BY REASON OF DISASTER. (a) Authority To Postpone Federal Tax Deadlines by Reason of State-Declared Disasters .— Section 7508A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 26 USC 7508A . 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: “(c) Definitions. Special Rule for State-Declared Disasters .— “(1) In general .— 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). “(2) Determination. Q…

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