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HR 1491 · enacted · significant

Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act

What this bill does

  • The IRS must count postponed tax deadlines from disasters as official extensions when calculating refund claim limits.
  • Taxpayers affected by federally declared disasters or similar events are eligible for expanded refund claim windows.
  • The change applies immediately to how the IRS calculates the three-year lookback period for tax refund eligibility.

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    How might this change affect taxpayers in disaster zones who missed filing deadlines compared to those in unaffected areas?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports extending refund claim windows, and could this create administrative challenges for the IRS?

  3. 03

    Should disaster-related deadline postponements count the same as standard extensions when determining refund eligibility periods?

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Gregory F. Murphy

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-26 · President

    Became Public Law No: 119-64.

  2. 2025-12-26 · BecameLaw

    Became Public Law No: 119-64.

  3. 2025-12-26 · President

    Signed by President.

  4. 2025-12-26 · BecameLaw

    Signed by President.

  5. 2025-12-18 · house · Floor

    Presented to President.

  6. 2025-12-18 · President

    Presented to President.

  7. 2025-12-15 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  8. 2025-12-11 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8694; text: CR S8694)

  9. 2025-12-11 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  10. 2025-12-11 · senate · Discharge

    Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  11. 2025-12-11 · Committee

    Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  12. 2025-04-01 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  13. 2025-04-01 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  14. 2025-04-01 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 423 - 0 (Roll no. 88). (text: 03/31/2025 CR H1353)

  15. 2025-04-01 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 423 - 0 (Roll no. 88). (text: 03/31/2025 CR H1353)

  16. 2025-04-01 · house · Floor

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1399)

  17. 2025-03-31 · house · Floor

    At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

  18. 2025-03-31 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1491.

  19. 2025-03-31 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1353)

  20. 2025-03-31 · house · Floor

    Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  21. 2025-03-27 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 30.

  22. 2025-03-27 · house · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-43.

  23. 2025-03-27 · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-43.

  24. 2025-02-26 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.

  25. 2025-02-26 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

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