Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023

Extension of rules for treatment of certain disaster-related personal casualty losses

For purposes of applying section 304(b) of the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, section 301 of such Act shall be applied by substituting the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023 for this Act each place it appears.

Exclusion from gross income for compensation for losses or damages resulting from certain wildfires

(a)

In general

For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, gross income shall not include any amount received by an individual as a qualified wildfire relief payment. (b)

Qualified wildfire relief payment

For purposes of this section— (1)

In general

The term qualified wildfire relief payment means any amount received by or on behalf of an individual as compensation for losses, expenses, or damages (including compensation for additional living expenses, lost wages (other than compensation for lost wages paid by the employer which would have otherwise paid such wages), personal injury, death, or emotional distress) incurred as a result of a qualified wildfire disaster, but only to the extent the losses, expenses, or damages compensated by such payment are not compensated for by insurance or otherwise. (2)

Qualified wildfire disaster

The term qualified wildfire disaster means any federally declared disaster (as defined in section 165(i)(5)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) declared, after December 31, 2014, as a result of any forest or range fire. (c)

Denial of double benefit

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986— (1)no deduction or credit shall be allowed (to the person for whose benefit a qualified wildfire relief payment is made) for, or by reason of, any expenditure to the extent of the amount excluded under this section with respect to such expenditure, and (2)no increase in the basis or adjusted basis of any property shall result from any amount excluded under this subsection with respect to such property. (d)

Limitation on application

This section shall only apply to qualified wildfire relief payments received by the individual during taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019, and before January 1, 2026. (e)

Extension of period of limitation

In the case of a claim for credit or refund which is properly allocable to the exclusion which is described in subsection (a)— (1)the period of limitation prescribed in section 6511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the filing of such claim shall be treated as not expiring earlier than the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and (2)any limitation described in section 6511(b)(2) of such Code shall not apply.

East Palestine disaster relief payments

(a)

Disaster relief payments to victims of East Palestine train derailment

East Palestine train derailment payments shall be treated as qualified disaster relief payments for purposes of section 139(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (b)

East Palestine train derailment payments

For purposes of this section, the term East Palestine train derailment payment means any amount received by or on behalf of an individual as compensation for loss, damages, expenses, loss in real property value, closing costs with respect to real property (including realtor commissions), or inconvenience (including access to real property) resulting from the East Palestine train derailment if such amount was provided by— (1)a Federal, State, or local government agency, (2)Norfolk Southern Railway, or (3)any subsidiary, insurer, or agent of Norfolk Southern Railway or any related person. (c)

Train derailment

For purposes of this section, the term East Palestine train derailment means the derailment of a train in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3, 2023. (d)

Effective date

This section shall apply to amounts received on or after February 3, 2023.