HR 4070 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2023

Latest action · Jun 13, 2023 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. IntroducedJun 13, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2023

This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any qualified catastrophe mitigation payment made under a state-based catastrophe loss mitigation program. A qualified catastrophe mitigation payment means any amount received for making improvements to an individual's property for the sole purpose of reducing the damage that would be done to such property by a windstorm, earthquake, or wildfire.

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 13, 2023 to Jul 9, 2024; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-LAClay HigginsOriginalJun 13, 2023
R-NCDavid RouzerOriginalJun 13, 2023
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalJun 13, 2023
R-ALJerry L. CarlOriginalJun 13, 2023
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalJun 13, 2023
R-WIScott FitzgeraldOriginalJun 13, 2023
R-NCGregory F. MurphyJun 21, 2023
R-CAKen CalvertJun 21, 2023
R-CAJay ObernolteJun 22, 2023
D-CAJimmy PanettaJun 27, 2023
D-CALinda T. SánchezJun 27, 2023
R-ALMike RogersJun 30, 2023
R-ALDale W. StrongJul 11, 2023
D-ALTerri A. SewellJul 11, 2023
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciJul 25, 2023
D-CABarbara LeeJul 28, 2023
D-CAEric SwalwellAug 1, 2023
D-CAJudy ChuAug 8, 2023
R-ALBarry MooreSep 1, 2023
D-CAJulia BrownleySep 1, 2023
D-CAKevin MullinSep 1, 2023
D-CARobert GarciaSep 8, 2023
D-CAScott H. PetersSep 8, 2023
D-COBrittany PettersenSep 29, 2023
D-NCWiley NickelSep 29, 2023
D-COJoe NeguseOct 20, 2023
D-COYadira CaraveoDec 12, 2023
R-CADavid G. ValadaoMar 19, 2024
R-NYNick LaLotaApr 12, 2024
D-NCDonald G. DavisApr 26, 2024
R-ALRobert B. AderholtMay 23, 2024
D-MIRashida TlaibJun 27, 2024
D-CAMike LevinJul 9, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jun 13, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 13, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jun 13, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Excludes state-based catastrophe loss mitigation program grants from the calculation of gross income.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 103, June 13, 2023, page H2885.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1953Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2023Identical billJun 13, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the exclusion from gross income of amounts received from State-based catastrophe loss mitigation programs.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2023

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 13, 2023Introduced in House

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