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H.R. 3469

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 3469, the Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams, and Disasters Act, was introduced in the House on May 15, 2025 by Rep. Greg Steube (R) with 61 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on May 15, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Record

Text

H.R. 3469 has 61 co-sponsors.

hb3469/introduced-in-house.txt
115 HR 3469 IH: Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams, and Disasters Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-05-15
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3469  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   May 15, 2025   Mr. Steube  (for himself,  Mr. Panetta ,  Mr. Diaz-Balart ,  Mr. Ezell ,  Mr. Raskin , and  Mr. McGovern ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means    A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate the deduction for personal casualty losses as in effect prior to the enactment of  Public Law 115–97 .
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams, and Disasters Act  .
2.
Reinstatement of deduction for personal casualty loss
(a)
In general
 Section 165(h)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph (5).
(b)
Effective date
The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.
3.
Extension of time to file claim for credit or refund for personal casualty loss deduction
(a)
In general
In the case of a taxpayer who filed a return for a taxable year ending before January 1, 2025, with respect to which a deduction could have been taken by the taxpayer under  section 165(a)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 but for the fact that such deduction was suspended under section 165(h)(5) at the time of filing—
(1)
the period of limitation prescribed by section 6511(a) of such Code on filing a claim for credit or refund for any such taxable year shall be extended until the date prescribed by law (including extensions) for filing the return of tax for the taxable year that includes the date of the enactment of this Act, and
(2)
section 6511(b)(2) of such Code shall not apply to any claim of credit or refund with respect to such return.
(b)
Extension restricted to personal casualty loss deduction
Subsection (a) shall apply only with respect to a claim for credit or refund of a taxpayer to the extent such claim relates to an overpayment attributable to the deduction under section 165(a) for personal casualty losses described in  section 165(c)(3)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-05-15
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate the deduction for personal casualty losses as in effect prior to the enactment of Public Law 115-97.

Sponsors

Rep. Greg Steube (R) sponsors H.R. 3469, and 61 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 3469 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Referred To · May 15, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3469 has taken 2 actions since May 15, 2025.

ChamberAction
May 15, 2025
House
Introduced in House
May 15, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.Ways and Means Committee

Votes

H.R. 3469 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 3469, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 3469 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams, and Disasters Act — Display Title
  • Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams, and Disasters Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate the deduction for personal casualty losses as in effect prior to the enactment of Public Law 115-97. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

5 clients hired 5 firms and 77 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3469 in 25 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Budget/Appropriations, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Insurance, Retirement, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS—District of Columbia17—
AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia15—
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE—District of Columbia15—
AARP—District of Columbia14—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS—District of Columbia14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS17—
AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION15—
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE15—
AARP14—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 77.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
DANIEL HAUFFE117
EILEEN SHERR117
KATHRYN KILEY117
KRISTIN ESPOSITO117
MARK PETERSON117
MELANIE LAURIDSEN117
MICHEN ZOU117
NING YIM117
RACHEL DRESEN117
REEMA PATEL117
SCOTT KLEIN117
TODD SLOVES117
CHRISTOPHER MORTON115
ELIZABETH BLOSSER115
EMILY TRYON115
ERNESTO RODRIGUEZ115
JOHN JENNINGS115
KEVIN CAMERON115
PAUL RICHMAN115
STEVE GOTTHEIM115

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS2025 fourth_quarter$15.9M4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS2026 first_quarter$15.5M1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS2026 second_quarter$14.6M2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS2025 third_quarter$11M3rd Quarter - Report
AARPAARP2025 fourth_quarter$5.3M4th Quarter - Report
AARPAARP2025 second_quarter$5.1M2nd Quarter - Report
AARPAARP2026 first_quarter$3.8M1st Quarter - Report
AARPAARP2025 third_quarter$3.8M3rd Quarter - Report
AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTSAICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS2025 fourth_quarter$1.4M4th Quarter - Amendme…
AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTSAICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS2025 fourth_quarter$1.4M4th Quarter - Amendme…
AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTSAICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS2025 fourth_quarter$1.4M4th Quarter - Report
AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTSAICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS2025 second_quarter$1.4M2nd Quarter - Amendme…
AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTSAICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS2025 second_quarter$1.4M2nd Quarter - Report
AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTSAICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS2025 third_quarter$1.3M3rd Quarter - Amendme…
AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTSAICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS2025 third_quarter$1.3M3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$360K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$270K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$260K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$250K2nd Quarter - Report
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTEINSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE2025 fourth_quarter$240K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3469 under Taxation, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3469’s is Taxation.

hr3469/policy-areas.txt
TaxationAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 3469, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 82 (Thursday, May 15, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. STEUBE:H.R. 3469.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8[Page H2105]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com