[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5494 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5494

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
amounts received from State-based catastrophe loss mitigation programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2019

  Mr. Thompson of California (for himself, Mr. Calvert, Ms. Sewell of 
  Alabama, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. 
 Speier, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Cook, 
Mr. Bera, Ms. Sanchez, and Mr. Aguilar) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
amounts received from State-based catastrophe loss mitigation programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Catastrophe Loss Mitigation 
Incentive and Tax Parity Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED FROM STATE-BASED CATASTROPHE LOSS 
              MITIGATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 139 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i) and by 
inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection:
    ``(h) State-Based Catastrophe Loss Mitigation Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--Gross income shall not include any 
        amount received by an individual as a qualified catastrophe 
        mitigation payment under a program established by a State, or a 
        political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, for the 
        purpose of making such payments.
            ``(2) Qualified catastrophe mitigation payment.--For 
        purposes of this section, the term `qualified catastrophe 
        mitigation payment' means any amount which is received by an 
        individual to make improvements to such individual's residence 
        for the sole purpose of reducing the damage that would be done 
        to such residence by a windstorm, earthquake, or wildfire.
            ``(3) No increase in basis.--Rules similar to the rules of 
        subsection (g)(3) shall apply in the case of this 
        subsection.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 139(d) is amended by striking ``and qualified'' 
        and inserting ``, qualified catastrophe mitigation payments, 
        and qualified''.
            (2) Section 139(i) (as redesignated by subsection (a)) is 
        amended by striking ``or qualified'' and inserting ``, 
        qualified catastrophe mitigation payment, or qualified''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.
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