HR 2976 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 23, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 23, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act

This bill authorizes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to postpone federal tax deadlines due to an emergency or disaster that has been declared under state law. The IRS may postpone the deadlines upon the request of the governor of the state (or the mayor, in the case of the District of Columbia) in which the emergency or disaster has been declared.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 23, 2019 to Dec 19, 2019, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NYJohn KatkoOriginalMay 23, 2019
R-TXBill FloresJun 10, 2019
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickJun 10, 2019
D-FLStephanie N. MurphyJun 26, 2019
D-TNSteve CohenDec 6, 2019
D-OREarl BlumenauerDec 19, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 23, 2019Introduced in House
  2. May 23, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1677Filing Relief for Natural Disasters ActIdentical billMay 23, 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 23, 2019Introduced in House

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