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HR 4172 115th Congress House Taxation Alcoholic beverages Building construction Business investment and capital Caribbean area Charitable contributions Community life and organization Credit and credit markets Disaster relief and insurance Employee benefits and pensions Financial services and investments Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health care costs and insurance Historic sites and heritage areas Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing finance and home ownership Income tax credits Income tax deductions Income tax exclusion Life, casualty, property insurance

Give A HAND Act

Introduced: October 31, 2017 Introduced by: Neal, Richard E. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Nov 3, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 31, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 31, 2017
Introduced in House
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Give Assistance and Help to Americans impacted by Natural Disasters Act or the Give A HAND Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow various tax credits, deductions, and modifications to existing rules in areas impacted by disasters.

With respect to areas in which a federally declared disaster occurred, the bill allows:

  • expensing of disaster expenses,
  • increased charitable contribution limits and mileage rates,
  • modifications to rules regarding deductions for losses,
  • waivers of certain mortgage revenue bond requirements,
  • increased expensing and bonus depreciation,
  • an increased new markets tax credit allocation,
  • penalty-free distributions from retirement plans,
  • an additional exemption for providing housing to displaced individuals,
  • an exclusion for cancellations of indebtedness,
  • the use of the previous year's income for calculating the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit,
  • an increased rehabilitation credit for buildings,
  • additional advance refundings of certain tax-exempt bonds,
  • disaster area recovery bonds,
  • additional low-income housing credit allocations,
  • an exclusion for disaster mitigation payments received from state and local governments,
  • a deduction for payments to a tax-exempt natural disaster fund,
  • a credit for a portion of the wages paid to employees,
  • an exclusion for employer-provided housing,
  • an enhanced deduction for medical expenses, and
  • extensions for tax and Medicare filing deadlines.

The bill also modifies several deductions, credits, and other tax provisions that affect Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

What's happening now November 3, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 1403 Related bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for income attributable to domestic producti…
  • HR 2530 Related bill Earned Income Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Act of 2017
  • HR 4060 Related bill Tax Equity and Prosperity for Puerto Rican Families Act of 2017
  • HR 3679 Related bill National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2017
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 14
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Brownley, Julia
California · Nov 16, 2017
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Chu, Judy
California · Oct 31, 2017
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Oct 31, 2017
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DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Oct 31, 2017
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Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Oct 31, 2017
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Oct 31, 2017
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Oct 31, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 31, 2017
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Oct 31, 2017
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Oct 31, 2017
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Oct 31, 2017
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Oct 31, 2017
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Oct 31, 2017
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Oct 31, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4172: Give A HAND Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4172/
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"H.R. 4172: Give A HAND Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4172/.
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H.R. 4172, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4172/.
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