S 3173 117th Congress Senate Taxation Disaster relief and insurance Income tax deductions Natural disasters

Claiming Losses After Disasters Act

Introduced: November 4, 2021 Introduced by: Kennedy, John Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov

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Claiming Losses After Disasters Act

This bill revises the tax deduction for personal casualty losses arising from major federally-declared disasters. It replaces the current requirement that such losses exceed 10% of a disaster victim's adjusted gross income before a deduction can be claimed with a minimum threshold of $500 in losses per disaster.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Finance Committee
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Cassidy, Bill

Louisiana · Apr 26, 2022

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3173: Claiming Losses After Disasters Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3173/

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"S. 3173: Claiming Losses After Disasters Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3173/.

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S. 3173, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3173/.

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