The Senate passed a bill extending tax relief for victims of natural disasters before leaving for their August recess.
The Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act, H.R. 5366, passed by unanimous consent in the final hours of Senate legislative activity Friday. It was led by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
The bill extends the time frame for victims of natural disasters to claim personal losses on their taxes and also includes provisions specifically providing tax relief for victims of wildfires. The legislation was renamed for a California GOP lawmaker who died in January.
“When you lose your home in a wildfire, the last thing you ought to be worried about is being hit by a massive tax bill. The bipartisan disaster relief bill that we just passed would give Oregonians and Westerners affected by these blazes some real peace of mind,” Wyden said on the Senate floor.
