Pub. L. 119-29 - Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act

119th Congress

Affects: 26 U.S.C. §§

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act”.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF RULES FOR POSTPONING CERTAIN DEADLINES BY REASON OF DISASTER.

(a) Section 7508A of the Internal Revenue Code of 198626 USC 7508A. is amended by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:

(a)“(c)“(1) The Secretary (after consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency) may, upon the written request of the Governor of a State (or the Mayor, in the case of the District of Columbia), apply the rules of subsections (a) and (b) to a qualified State declared disaster in the same manner as a disaster, fire, or action otherwise described in subsection (a).

(a)“(c)“(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘qualified State declared disaster’ means, with respect to any State, any natural catastrophe (including any hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, winddriven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, or drought), or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion, in any part of the State, which in the determination of the Governor of such State (or the Mayor, in the case of the District of Columbia) causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant the application of the rules of this section.

(a)“(c)“(3) For purposes of this section, the term ‘State’ includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.”

(a) .

(b) Section 7508A(e) of such Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended—

(b)(1) by striking “60 days” in paragraph (1)(B) thereof and inserting “120 days”,

(b)(2) by striking “60-day” in paragraph (6) thereof and inserting “120-day”, and

(b)(3) by striking “60-day” in the heading and inserting “120-day”.

(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply to declarations made after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Legislative History

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 517:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):

Mar. 31, considered and passed House.

July 10, considered and passed Senate.