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<dc:title>118 HR 5574 IH: Natural Disaster Property Protection Act of 2023</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2023-09-19</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 5574</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20230919">September 19, 2023</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="P000620">Ms. Pettersen</sponsor> (for herself and <cosponsor name-id="L000578">Mr. LaMalfa</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the dollar threshold applicable to information reporting with respect to payments for qualified natural disaster expenses.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H2F324FDDE5DE4233BF9A1FF4B001529F" style="OLC"> 
<section id="HA6CA4FA191BC4C99879363FF311F9AA7" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Natural Disaster Property Protection Act of 2023</short-title></quote>. </text></section> <section id="H8DC8958256944EFF878E93E4C2B3CA98"><enum>2.</enum><header>Increase in threshold requiring information reporting to respect to qualified natural disaster expenses</header> <subsection id="HCF7243BB44274796A8615B5B6DA9C8AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Returns regarding payment in course of trade or business</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6041">Section 6041</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> 
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<subsection id="H37C65C694FAE4BD2B370EEABE18D97A9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Increased threshold for qualified natural disaster expenses</header> 
<paragraph id="HB70B610A19B74F779B31B63E6CC5B398"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a payment for a qualified natural disaster expense, subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting <quote>$5,000</quote> for <quote>$600</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE451F0DF4442484F85E3E5180BCFCD8D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified natural disaster expense</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>qualified natural disaster expense</quote> means—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H48F0EFCB440D4BA0AA1B2CEE701A2C49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an expense incurred to mitigate the risk posed to real property by natural disasters or extreme weather, or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDDC5BE1704BB4B9895B4F8D0665F2988"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an expense incurred to repair damage done to real property by natural disasters or extreme weather.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="H2B37D6EFD831411EB678BEEF6C8E4A50"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Returns regarding payments of remuneration for services</header><text>Section 6041A of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA1C0B9BCFA1A4833B79BF468E23B558C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H61AFD3254AC4438792E3132C2AC97DE9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Increased threshold for qualified natural disaster expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a payment for a qualified natural disaster expense (as defined in section 6041(h)(2)), subsection (a)(2) shall be applied by substituting <quote>$5,000</quote> for <quote>$600</quote>. </text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="H61C3FE2DD02C439BB4339325A9C757C5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after the date of the enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section> </legis-body></bill>

