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S 3711 118th Congress Senate Taxation

Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act

Introduced: January 31, 2024 Introduced by: Padilla, Alex Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jan 31, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S311)
Jan 31, 2024
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act 

This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received by an individual taxpayer as a qualified wildfire relief payment. Such payments are compensation for losses, expenses, or damages (including compensation for additional living expenses, certain lost wages, personal injury, death, or emotional distress) incurred as a result of a qualified wildfire disaster. The exclusion only apples to payments received after 2019, and before January 1, 2026.   

What's happening now January 31, 2024

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S311)

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 5863 Related bill Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023
  • HR 7024 Related bill Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
  • HR 4970 Related bill Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Nov 20, 2024
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jan 31, 2024
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jan 31, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3711: Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3711/
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"S. 3711: Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3711/.
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S. 3711, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3711/.
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