HR 5366 · in committee · significant
Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act
- taxes
What this bill does
- The bill extends tax deductions for personal losses from federally-declared disasters through 2026.
- Disaster victims and wildfire survivors who receive relief payments are affected by this tax relief.
- The bill provides tax breaks at no new federal cost by allowing people to deduct uninsured disaster losses.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should tax deductions for disaster losses be balanced against other federal spending priorities when budgets are constrained?
- 02
What evidence exists that current disaster tax deductions fail to adequately help uninsured wildfire and disaster victims recover?
- 03
Should disaster tax relief benefits differ based on income level, or should they remain equally available to all affected taxpayers?
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Sponsor · R-FL-17
W. Gregory Steube
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
14/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2026-04-28
Joining the bill
Jimmy Panetta
D-CA-19 · original
Mike Thompson
D-CA-4 · original
Doug LaMalfa
R-CA-1 · original
Eugene Simon Vindman
D-VA-7
Joe Neguse
D-CO-2
Jason Crow
D-CO-6
Dave Min
D-CA-47
Jill N. Tokuda
D-HI-2
Byron Donalds
R-FL-19
Gus M. Bilirakis
R-FL-12
Mario Diaz-Balart
R-FL-26
Gwen Moore
D-WI-4
+ 2 more
Legislative timeline
2026-04-28 · senate · IntroReferral
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2026-04-27 · house · Floor
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2026-04-27 · house · Floor
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3107-3108)
2026-04-27 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3107-3108)
2026-04-27 · house · Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5366.
2026-04-27 · house · Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3107-3110)
2026-04-27 · house · Floor
Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2026-04-09 · house · Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 525.
2026-04-09 · house · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-605.
2026-04-09 · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-605.
2026-03-25 · house · Committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
2026-03-25 · house · Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-09-15 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-09-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-09-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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