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H.R. 3954, Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2021

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H.R. 3954, the Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2021, was introduced in the House of Representatives June 16, 2021, by Mr. Thompson of California. It was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, and Agriculture. It would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide disaster tax relief and exclude from gross income amounts received from State-based catastrophe loss mitigation programs. Section 2 defines a qualified disaster area as an area with a major disaster declared by the President during a period beginning December 28, 2020. A later provision adds Sec. 28, Qualified wildfire mitigation expenditures.

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                                                                       117TH CONGRESS
                                                                          1ST SESSION
                                                                                                              H. R. 3954
                                                                       To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide disaster tax relief,
                                                                           exclude from gross income amounts received from State-based catas-
                                                                           trophe loss mitigation programs, and for other purposes.




                                                                                       IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                                                        JUNE 16, 2021
                                                                       Mr. THOMPSON of California introduced the following bill; which was referred
                                                                           to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees
                                                                           on Small Business, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently de-
                                                                           termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
                                                                           as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned




                                                                                                                   A BILL
                                                                       To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
                                                                          disaster tax relief, exclude from gross income amounts
                                                                          received from State-based catastrophe loss mitigation
                                                                          programs, and for other purposes.

                                                                          1               Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
                                                                          2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
                                                                          3        SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

                                                                          4               This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Tax Relief
                                                                          5 Act of 2021’’.




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                                                                          6        SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

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                                                                          1                       (1) QUALIFIED DISASTER AREA.—
                                                                          2                                (A) IN           GENERAL.—The                     term ‘‘qualified
                                                                          3                       disaster area’’ means any area with respect to
                                                                          4                       which a major disaster was declared, during the
                                                                          5                       period beginning on December 28, 2020, and
                                                                          6                       ending on the date which is 60 days after the
                                                                          7                       date of the enactment of this Act, by the Presi-
                                                                          8                       dent under section 401 of the Robert T. Staf-
                                                                          9                       ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
                                                                       10                         Act if the incident period of the disaster with
                                                                       11                         respect to which such declaration is made be-
                                                                       12                         gins on or before the date of the enactment of
                                                                       13                         this Act.
                                                                       14                                  (B) COVID–19 EXCEPTION.—Such term
                                                                       15                         shall not include any area with respect to which
                                                                       16                         such a major disaster has been so declared only
                                                                       17                         by reason of COVID–19.
                                                                       18                         (2) QUALIFIED                       DISASTER           ZONE.—The        term
                                                                       19                ‘‘qualified disaster zone’’ means that portion of any
                                                                       20                qualified disaster area which was determined by the
                                                                       21                President, during the period beginning on December
                                                                       22                28, 2020, and ending on the date which is 60 days
                                                                       23                after the date of the enactment of this Act, to war-
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                                                                          1              Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
                                                                          2              Act by reason of the qualified disaster with respect
                                                                          3              to such disaster area.
                                                                          4                       (3) QUALIFIED DISASTER.—The term ‘‘quali-
                                                                          5              fied disaster’’ means, with respect to any qualified
                                                                          6              disaster area, the disaster by reason of which a
                                                                          7              major disaster was declared with respect to such
                                                                          8              area.
                                                                          9                       (4) INCIDENT PERIOD.—The term ‘‘incident pe-
                                                                       10                riod’’ means, with respect to any qualified disaster,
                                                                       11                the period specified by the Federal Emergency Man-
                                                                       12                agement Agency as the period during which such
                                                                       13                disaster occurred (except that for purposes of this
                                                                       14                Act such period shall not be treated as beginning be-
                                                                       15                fore December 28, 2020, or ending after the date
                                                                       16                which is 30 days after the date of the enactment of
                                                                       17                this Act).
                                                                       18          SEC. 3. SPECIAL DISASTER-RELATED RULES FOR USE OF

                                                                       19                                  RETIREMENT FUNDS.

                                                                       20                (a) TAX-FAVORED WITHDRAWALS FROM RETIRE-
                                                                       21          MENT PLANS.—

                                                                       22                         (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 72(t) of the Internal
                                                                       23                Revenue Code of 1986 shall not apply to any quali-
                                                                       24                fied disaster distribution.



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                                                                          1                                (A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this
                                                                          2                       subsection, the aggregate amount of distribu-
                                                                          3                       tions received by an individual which may be
                                                                          4                       treated as qualified disaster distributions for
                                                                          5                       any taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if
                                                                          6                       any) of—
                                                                          7                                        (i) $100,000, over
                                                                          8                                        (ii) the aggregate amounts treated as
                                                                          9                                qualified disaster distributions received by
                                                                       10                                  such individual for all prior taxable years.
                                                                       11                                  (B) TREATMENT                         OF       PLAN            DISTRIBU-

                                                                       12                         TIONS.—If a distribution to an individual would

                                                                       13                         (without regard to subparagraph (A)) be a
                                                                       14                         qualified disaster distribution, a plan shall not
                                                                       15                         be treated as violating any requirement of the
                                                                       16                         Internal Revenue Code of 1986 merely because
                                                                       17                         the plan treats such distribution as a qualified
                                                                       18                         disaster distribution, unless the aggregate
                                                                       19                         amount of such distributions from all plans
                                                                       20                         maintained by the employer (and any member
                                                                       21                         of any controlled group which includes the em-
                                                                       22                         ployer) to such individual exceeds $100,000.
                                                                       23                                  (C) CONTROLLED GROUP.—For purposes
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                                                                          1                       employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o)
                                                                          2                       of section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of
                                                                          3                       1986.
                                                                          4                                (D) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS AF-
                                                                          5                       FECTED BY MORE THAN ONE DISASTER.—The

                                                                          6                       limitation of subparagraph (A) shall be applied
                                                                          7                       separately with respect to distributions made
                                                                          8                       with respect to each qualified disaster.
                                                                          9                       (3) AMOUNT DISTRIBUTED MAY BE REPAID.—
                                                                       10                                  (A) IN GENERAL.—Any individual who re-
                                                                       11                         ceives a qualified disaster distribution may, at
                                                                       12                         any time during the 3-year period beginning on
                                                                       13                         the day after the date on which such distribu-
                                                                       14                         tion was received, make 1 or more contributions
                                                                       15                         in an aggregate amount not to exceed the
                                                                       16                         amount of such distribution to an eligible retire-
                                                                       17                         ment plan of which such individual is a bene-
                                                                       18                         ficiary and to which a rollover contribution of
                                                                       19                         such distribution could be made under section
                                                                       20                         402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3), or
                                                                       21                         457(e)(16), of the Internal Revenue Code of
                                                                       22                         1986, as the case may be.
                                                                       23                                  (B) TREATMENT OF REPAYMENTS OF DIS-
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                                                                          1                       the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a con-
                                                                          2                       tribution is made pursuant to subparagraph (A)
                                                                          3                       with respect to a qualified disaster distribution
                                                                          4                       from an eligible retirement plan other than an
                                                                          5                       individual retirement plan, then the taxpayer
                                                                          6                       shall, to the extent of the amount of the con-
                                                                          7                       tribution, be treated as having received the
                                                                          8                       qualified disaster distribution in an eligible roll-
                                                                          9                       over         distribution              (as        defined           in   section
                                                                       10                         402(c)(4) of such Code) and as having trans-
                                                                       11                         ferred the amount to the eligible retirement
                                                                       12                         plan in a direct trustee to trustee transfer with-
                                                                       13                         in 60 days of the distribution.
                                                                       14                                  (C) TREATMENT OF REPAYMENTS OF DIS-
                                                                       15                         TRIBUTIONS FROM IRAS.—For purposes of the

                                                                       16                         Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a contribu-
                                                                       17                         tion is made pursuant to subparagraph (A)
                                                                       18                         with respect to a qualified disaster distribution
                                                                       19                         from an individual retirement plan (as defined
                                                                       20                         by section 7701(a)(37) of such Code), then, to
                                                                       21                         the extent of the amount of the contribution,
                                                                       22                         the qualified disaster distribution shall be treat-
                                                                       23                         ed as a distribution described in section
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                                                                          1                       direct trustee to trustee transfer within 60 days
                                                                          2                       of the distribution.
                                                                          3                       (4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
                                                                          4              section—
                                                                          5                                (A)         QUALIFIED                 DISASTER                 DISTRIBU-

                                                                          6                       TION.—Except                    as provided in paragraph (2),
                                                                          7                       the term ‘‘qualified disaster distribution’’ means
                                                                          8                       any distribution from an eligible retirement
                                                                          9                       plan made—
                                                                       10                                          (i) on or after the first day of the in-
                                                                       11                                  cident period of a qualified disaster and
                                                                       12                                  before the date which is 180 days after the
                                                                       13                                  date of the enactment of this Act, and
                                                                       14                                          (ii) to an individual whose principal
                                                                       15                                  place of abode at any time during the inci-
                                                                       16                                  dent period of such qualified disaster is lo-
                                                                       17                                  cated in the qualified disaster area with re-
                                                                       18                                  spect to such qualified disaster and who
                                                                       19                                  has sustained an economic loss by reason
                                                                       20                                  of such qualified disaster.
                                                                       21                                  (B) ELIGIBLE                  RETIREMENT PLAN.—The

                                                                       22                         term ‘‘eligible retirement plan’’ shall have the
                                                                       23                         meaning               given          such           term          by       section
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                                                                          1                       (5) INCOME INCLUSION SPREAD OVER 3-YEAR
                                                                          2              PERIOD.—

                                                                          3                                (A) IN          GENERAL.—In                    the case of any
                                                                          4                       qualified disaster distribution, unless the tax-
                                                                          5                       payer elects not to have this paragraph apply
                                                                          6                       for any taxable year, any amount required to be
                                                                          7                       included in gross income for such taxable year
                                                                          8                       shall be so included ratably over the 3-taxable-
                                                                          9                       year period beginning with such taxable year.
                                                                       10                                  (B) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of sub-
                                                                       11                         paragraph (A), rules similar to the rules of sub-
                                                                       12                         paragraph (E) of section 408A(d)(3) of the In-
                                                                       13                         ternal Revenue Code of 1986 shall apply.
                                                                       14                         (6) SPECIAL RULES.—
                                                                       15                                  (A) EXEMPTION OF DISTRIBUTIONS FROM
                                                                       16                         TRUSTEE TO TRUSTEE TRANSFER AND WITH-

                                                                       17                         HOLDING              RULES.—For                  purposes of sections
                                                                       18                         401(a)(31), 402(f), and 3405 of the Internal
                                                                       19                         Revenue Code of 1986, qualified disaster dis-
                                                                       20                         tributions shall not be treated as eligible roll-
                                                                       21                         over distributions.
                                                                       22                                  (B) QUALIFIED DISASTER DISTRIBUTIONS
                                                                       23                         TREATED AS MEETING PLAN DISTRIBUTION RE-

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                                                                          1                       tribution shall be treated as meeting the re-
                                                                          2                       quirements                 of         sections             401(k)(2)(B)(i),
                                                                          3                       403(b)(7)(A)(ii), 403(b)(11), and 457(d)(1)(A)
                                                                          4                       of such Code.
                                                                          5              (b) RECONTRIBUTIONS                              OF        WITHDRAWALS           FOR

                                                                          6 HOME PURCHASES.—
                                                                          7                       (1) RECONTRIBUTIONS.—
                                                                          8                                (A) IN GENERAL.—Any individual who re-
                                                                          9                       ceived a qualified distribution may, during the
                                                                       10                         applicable period, make 1 or more contributions
                                                                       11                         in an aggregate amount not to exceed the
                                                                       12                         amount of such qualified distribution to an eli-
                                                                       13                         gible retirement plan (as defined in section
                                                                       14                         402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of
                                                                       15                         1986) of which such individual is a beneficiary
                                                                       16                         and to which a rollover contribution of such dis-
                                                                       17                         tribution could be made under section 402(c),
                                                                       18                         403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), or 408(d)(3), of such
                                                                       19                         Code, as the case may be.
                                                                       20                                  (B) TREATMENT OF REPAYMENTS.—Rules
                                                                       21                         similar to the rules of subparagraphs (B) and
                                                                       22                         (C) of subsection (a)(3) shall apply for purposes
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                                                                          1                       (2) QUALIFIED DISTRIBUTION.—For purposes
                                                                          2              of this subsection, the term ‘‘qualified distribution’’
                                                                          3              means any distribution—
                                                                          4                                (A)                described                      in           section
                                                                          5                       401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV), 403(b)(7)(A)(ii) (but only
                                                                          6                       to the extent such distribution relates to finan-
                                                                          7                       cial hardship), 403(b)(11)(B), or 72(t)(2)(F),
                                                                          8                       of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
                                                                          9                                (B) which was to be used to purchase or
                                                                       10                         construct a principal residence in a qualified
                                                                       11                         disaster area, but which was not so used on ac-
                                                                       12                         count of the qualified disaster with respect to
                                                                       13                         such area, and
                                                                       14                                  (C) which was received during the period
                                                                       15                         beginning on the date which is 180 days before
                                                                       16                         the first day of the incident period of such
                                                                       17                         qualified disaster and ending on the date which
                                                                       18                         is 30 days after the last day of such incident
                                                                       19                         period.
                                                                       20                         (3) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—For purposes of this
                                                                       21                subsection, the term ‘‘applicable period’’ means, in
                                                                       22                the case of a principal residence in a qualified dis-
                                                                       23                aster area with respect to any qualified disaster, the
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                                                                          1              date which is 180 days after the date of the enact-
                                                                          2              ment of this Act.
                                                                          3              (c) LOANS FROM QUALIFIED PLANS.—
                                                                          4                       (1) INCREASE IN LIMIT ON LOANS NOT TREAT-
                                                                          5              ED AS DISTRIBUTIONS.—In                                 the case of any loan
                                                                          6              from a qualified employer plan (as defined under
                                                                          7              section 72(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of
                                                                          8              1986) to a qualified individual made during the 180-
                                                                          9              day period beginning on the date of the enactment
                                                                       10                of this Act—
                                                                       11                                  (A) clause (i) of section 72(p)(2)(A) of
                                                                       12                         such Code shall be applied by substituting
                                                                       13                         ‘‘$100,000’’ for ‘‘$50,000’’, and
                                                                       14                                  (B) clause (ii) of such section shall be ap-
                                                                       15                         plied by substituting ‘‘the present value of the
                                                                       16                         nonforfeitable accrued benefit of the employee
                                                                       17                         under the plan’’ for ‘‘one-half of the present
                                                                       18                         value of the nonforfeitable accrued benefit of
                                                                       19                         the employee under the plan’’.
                                                                       20                         (2) DELAY OF REPAYMENT.—In the case of a
                                                                       21                qualified individual (with respect to any qualified
                                                                       22                disaster) with an outstanding loan (on or after the
                                                                       23                first day of the incident period of such qualified dis-
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                                                                          1              section 72(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of
                                                                          2              1986)—
                                                                          3                                (A) if the due date pursuant to subpara-
                                                                          4                       graph (B) or (C) of section 72(p)(2) of such
                                                                          5                       Code for any repayment with respect to such
                                                                          6                       loan occurs during the period beginning on the
                                                                          7                       first day of the incident period of such qualified
                                                                          8                       disaster and ending on the date which is 180
                                                                          9                       days after the last day of such incident period,
                                                                       10                         such due date shall be delayed for 1 year (or,
                                                                       11                         if later, until the date which is 180 days after
                                                                       12                         the date of the enactment of this Act),
                                                                       13                                  (B) any subsequent repayments with re-
                                                                       14                         spect to any such loan shall be appropriately
                                                                       15                         adjusted to reflect the delay in the due date
                                                                       16                         under subparagraph (A) and any interest accru-
                                                                       17                         ing during such delay, and
                                                                       18                                  (C) in determining the 5-year period and
                                                                       19                         the term of a loan under subparagraph (B) or
                                                                       20                         (C) of section 72(p)(2) of such Code, the period
                                                                       21                         described in subparagraph (A) of this para-
                                                                       22                         graph shall be disregarded.
                                                                       23                         (3) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of
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                                                                          1                                (A) whose principal place of abode at any
                                                                          2                       time during the incident period of any qualified
                                                                          3                       disaster is located in the qualified disaster area
                                                                          4                       with respect to such qualified disaster, and
                                                                          5                                (B) who has sustained an economic loss by
                                                                          6                       reason of such qualified disaster.
                                                                          7              (d) PROVISIONS RELATING                                     TO       PLAN AMEND-
                                                                          8        MENTS.—

                                                                          9                       (1) IN GENERAL.—If this subsection applies to
                                                                       10                any amendment to any plan or annuity contract,
                                                                       11                such plan or contract shall be treated as being oper-
                                                                       12                ated in accordance with the terms of the plan during
                                                                       13                the period described in paragraph (2)(B)(i).
                                                                       14                         (2) AMENDMENTS TO WHICH SUBSECTION AP-
                                                                       15                PLIES.—

                                                                       16                                  (A) IN GENERAL.—This subsection shall
                                                                       17                         apply to any amendment to any plan or annuity
                                                                       18                         contract which is made—
                                                                       19                                          (i) pursuant to any provision of this
                                                                       20                                  section, or pursuant to any regulation
                                                                       21                                  issued by the Secretary or the Secretary of
                                                                       22                                  Labor under any provision of this section,
                                                                       23                                  and
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                                                                          1                                ary 1, 2021, or such later date as the Sec-
                                                                          2                                retary may prescribe.
                                                                          3                       In the case of a governmental plan (as defined
                                                                          4                       in section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code
                                                                          5                       of 1986), clause (ii) shall be applied by sub-
                                                                          6                       stituting the date which is 2 years after the
                                                                          7                       date otherwise applied under clause (ii).
                                                                          8                                (B) CONDITIONS.—This subsection shall
                                                                          9                       not apply to any amendment unless—
                                                                       10                                          (i) during the period—
                                                                       11                                                   (I) beginning on the date that
                                                                       12                                          this section or the regulation de-
                                                                       13                                          scribed in subparagraph (A)(i) takes
                                                                       14                                          effect (or in the case of a plan or con-
                                                                       15                                          tract amendment not required by this
                                                                       16                                          section or such regulation, the effec-
                                                                       17                                          tive date specified by the plan), and
                                                                       18                                                   (II) ending on the date described
                                                                       19                                          in subparagraph (A)(ii) (or, if earlier,
                                                                       20                                          the date the plan or contract amend-
                                                                       21                                          ment is adopted),
                                                                       22                         the plan or contract is operated as if such plan
                                                                       23                         or contract amendment were in effect, and
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                                                                          1        SEC. 4. EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS

                                                                          2                                AFFECTED BY QUALIFIED DISASTERS.

                                                                          3              (a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 38 of the
                                                                          4 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of an eligible
                                                                          5 employer, the 2021 qualified disaster employee retention
                                                                          6 credit shall be treated as a credit listed at the end of sub-
                                                                          7 section (b) of such section. For purposes of this sub-
                                                                          8 section, the 2021 qualified disaster employee retention
                                                                          9 credit for any taxable year is an amount equal to 40 per-
                                                                       10 cent of the qualified wages with respect to each eligible
                                                                       11 employee of such employer for such taxable year. The
                                                                       12 amount of qualified wages with respect to any employee
                                                                       13 which may be taken into account under this subsection
                                                                       14 by the employer for any taxable year shall not exceed
                                                                       15 $6,000 (reduced by the amount of qualified wages with
                                                                       16 respect to such employee which may be so taken into ac-
                                                                       17 count for any prior taxable year).
                                                                       18                (b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
                                                                       19                         (1) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘eligible
                                                                       20                employer’’ means any employer—
                                                                       21                                   (A) which conducted an active trade or
                                                                       22                         business in a qualified disaster zone at any time
                                                                       23                         during the incident period of the qualified dis-
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                                                                          1                                (B) with respect to whom the trade or
                                                                          2                       business described in subparagraph (A) is inop-
                                                                          3                       erable at any time during the period beginning
                                                                          4                       on the first day of the incident period of such
                                                                          5                       qualified disaster and ending on the date of the
                                                                          6                       enactment of this Act, as a result of damage
                                                                          7                       sustained by reason of such qualified disaster.
                                                                          8                       (2) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘eligible
                                                                          9              employee’’ means with respect to an eligible em-
                                                                       10                ployer an employee whose principal place of employ-
                                                                       11                ment with such eligible employer (determined imme-
                                                                       12                diately before the qualified disaster referred to in
                                                                       13                paragraph (1)) was in the qualified disaster zone re-
                                                                       14                ferred to in such paragraph.
                                                                       15                         (3) QUALIFIED WAGES.—The term ‘‘qualified
                                                                       16                wages’’ means wages (as defined in section 51(c)(1)
                                                                       17                of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, but without
                                                                       18                regard to section 3306(b)(2)(B) of such Code) paid
                                                                       19                or incurred by an eligible employer with respect to
                                                                       20                an eligible employee at any time on or after the date
                                                                       21                on which the trade or business described in para-
                                                                       22                graph (1) first became inoperable at the principal
                                                                       23                place of employment of the employee (determined
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                                                                          1                                (A) the date on which such trade or busi-
                                                                          2                       ness has resumed significant operations at such
                                                                          3                       principal place of employment, or
                                                                          4                                (B) the date which 150 days after the last
                                                                          5                       day of the incident period of the qualified dis-
                                                                          6                       aster referred to in paragraph (1).
                                                                          7              Such term shall include wages paid without regard
                                                                          8              to whether the employee performs no services, per-
                                                                          9              forms services at a different place of employment
                                                                       10                than such principal place of employment, or per-
                                                                       11                forms services at such principal place of employment
                                                                       12                before significant operations have resumed. Such
                                                                       13                term shall not include any wages taken into account
                                                                       14                under section 2301 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
                                                                       15                and Economic Security Act.
                                                                       16                (c) SPECIAL RULES.—
                                                                       17                         (1) EMPLOYEE                     NOT        TAKEN           INTO        ACCOUNT

                                                                       18                MORE THAN ONCE.—An employee shall not be treat-

                                                                       19                ed as an eligible employee for purposes of this sub-
                                                                       20                section for any period with respect to any employer
                                                                       21                if such employer is allowed a credit under section 51
                                                                       22                of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect
                                                                       23                to such employee for such period.
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                                                                          1              under this section shall not be taken into account as
                                                                          2              wages for purposes of sections 41, 45A, 45P, 45S,
                                                                          3              51, and 1396 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
                                                                          4                       (3) CERTAIN OTHER RULES TO APPLY.—For
                                                                          5              purposes of this subsection, rules similar to the rules
                                                                          6              of sections 51(i)(1), 52, and 280C(a), of the Internal
                                                                          7              Revenue Code of 1986, shall apply.
                                                                          8              (d) ELECTION TO NOT TAKE CERTAIN WAGES INTO
                                                                          9 ACCOUNT.—
                                                                       10                         (1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall not apply
                                                                       11                to qualified wages paid by an eligible employer with
                                                                       12                respect to which such employer makes an election
                                                                       13                (at such time and in such manner as the Secretary
                                                                       14                may prescribe) to have this section not apply to such
                                                                       15                wages.
                                                                       16                         (2) COORDINATION WITH PAYCHECK PROTEC-
                                                                       17                TION        PROGRAM.—The                      Secretary, in consultation
                                                                       18                with the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
                                                                       19                ministration, shall issue guidance providing that
                                                                       20                payroll costs paid or incurred during the covered pe-
                                                                       21                riod shall not fail to be treated as qualified wages
                                                                       22                under this section by reason of an election under
                                                                       23                paragraph (1) to the extent that a covered loan of
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                                                                          1               Terms used in the preceding sentence which are also
                                                                          2               used in section 1106 of such Act shall have the same
                                                                          3               meaning as when used in such section.
                                                                          4               (e) AMENDMENT TO PAYCHECK PROTECTION PRO-
                                                                          5        GRAM.—Section 1106(a)(8) of the CARES Act is amended

                                                                          6 by inserting ‘‘, except that such costs shall not include
                                                                          7 qualified wages taken into account in determining the
                                                                          8 credit allowed under section 4 of the Disaster Tax Relief
                                                                          9 Act of 2021’’ before the period at the end.
                                                                       10          SEC. 5. OTHER DISASTER-RELATED TAX RELIEF PROVI-

                                                                       11                                   SIONS.

                                                                       12                 (a) SPECIAL RULES FOR QUALIFIED DISASTER RE-
                                                                       13          LIEF CONTRIBUTIONS.—

                                                                       14                          (1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a qualified
                                                                       15                 disaster relief contribution made by a corporation—
                                                                       16                                    (A) section 2205(a)(2)(B) of the CARES
                                                                       17                          Act shall be applied first to qualified contribu-
                                                                       18                          tions without regard to any qualified disaster
                                                                       19                          relief contributions and then separately to such
                                                                       20                          qualified disaster relief contribution, and
                                                                       21                                    (B) in applying such section to such quali-
                                                                       22                          fied disaster relief contributions, clause (i)
                                                                       23                          thereof shall be applied—
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                                                                          1                                        (ii) by treating qualified contributions
                                                                          2                                other than qualified disaster relief con-
                                                                          3                                tributions as contributions allowed under
                                                                          4                                section 170(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue
                                                                          5                                Code of 1986.
                                                                          6                       (2) QUALIFIED DISASTER RELIEF CONTRIBU-
                                                                          7              TION.—For               purposes of this subsection, the term
                                                                          8              ‘‘qualified disaster relief contribution’’ means any
                                                                          9              qualified            contribution               (as        defined           in   section
                                                                       10                2205(a)(3) of the CARES Act) if—
                                                                       11                                  (A) such contribution—
                                                                       12                                          (i) is paid, during the period begin-
                                                                       13                                  ning on December 28, 2020, and ending
                                                                       14                                  on the date which is 60 days after the date
                                                                       15                                  of the enactment of this Act, and
                                                                       16                                          (ii) is made for relief efforts in one or
                                                                       17                                  more qualified disaster areas,
                                                                       18                                  (B) the taxpayer obtains from such organi-
                                                                       19                         zation contemporaneous written acknowledg-
                                                                       20                         ment (within the meaning of section 170(f)(8)
                                                                       21                         of such Code) that such contribution was used
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                                                                          1                                (C) the taxpayer has elected the applica-
                                                                          2                       tion of this subsection with respect to such con-
                                                                          3                       tribution.
                                                                          4              (b) SPECIAL RULES FOR QUALIFIED DISASTER-RE-
                                                                          5        LATED PERSONAL CASUALTY LOSSES.—

                                                                          6                       (1) IN GENERAL.—If an individual has a net
                                                                          7              disaster loss for any taxable year—
                                                                          8                                (A) the amount determined under section
                                                                          9                       165(h)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code
                                                                       10                         of 1986 shall be equal to the sum of—
                                                                       11                                          (i) such net disaster loss, and
                                                                       12                                          (ii) so much of the excess referred to
                                                                       13                                  in the matter preceding clause (i) of sec-
                                                                       14                                  tion 165(h)(2)(A) of such Code (reduced
                                                                       15                                  by the amount in clause (i) of this sub-
                                                                       16                                  paragraph) as exceeds 10 percent of the
                                                                       17                                  adjusted gross income of the individual,
                                                                       18                                  (B) in the case of qualified disaster-related
                                                                       19                         personal casualty losses, section 165(h)(1) of
                                                                       20                         such Code shall be applied to by substituting
                                                                       21                         ‘‘$500’’ for ‘‘$500 ($100 for taxable years be-
                                                                       22                         ginning after December 31, 2009)’’,
                                                                       23                                  (C) the standard deduction determined
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                                                                          1                                 (D) section 56(b)(1)(E) of such Code shall
                                                                          2                        not apply to so much of the standard deduction
                                                                          3                        as is attributable to the increase under sub-
                                                                          4                        paragraph (C) of this paragraph.
                                                                          5                        (2) NET DISASTER LOSS.—For purposes of this
                                                                          6               subsection, the term ‘‘net disaster loss’’ means the
                                                                          7               excess of qualified disaster-related personal casualty
                                                                          8               losses over personal casualty gains (as defined in
                                                                          9               section 165(h)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code
                                                                       10                 of 1986).
                                                                       11                          (3) QUALIFIED DISASTER-RELATED PERSONAL
                                                                       12                 CASUALTY              LOSSES.—For                    purposes of this sub-
                                                                       13                 section, the term ‘‘qualified disaster-related personal
                                                                       14                 casualty losses’’ means losses described in section
                                                                       15                 165(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
                                                                       16                 which arise in a qualified disaster area on or after
                                                                       17                 the first day of the incident period of the qualified
                                                                       18                 disaster to which such area relates, and which are
                                                                       19                 attributable to such qualified disaster.
                                                                       20          SEC. 6. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN POSSESSIONS.

                                                                       21                 (a) PAYMENTS                    TO        POSSESSIONS WITH MIRROR
                                                                       22 CODE TAX SYSTEMS.—The Secretary of the Treasury
                                                                       23 shall pay to each possession of the United States which
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                                                                          1 of the provisions of this Act. Such amounts shall be deter-
                                                                          2 mined by the Secretary of the Treasury based on informa-
                                                                          3 tion provided by the government of the respective posses-
                                                                          4 sion.
                                                                          5              (b) PAYMENTS TO OTHER POSSESSIONS.—The Sec-
                                                                          6 retary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the
                                                                          7 United States which does not have a mirror code tax sys-
                                                                          8 tem amounts estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury
                                                                          9 as being equal to the aggregate benefits (if any) that
                                                                       10 would have been provided to residents of such possession
                                                                       11 by reason of the provisions of this Act if a mirror code
                                                                       12 tax system had been in effect in such possession. The pre-
                                                                       13 ceding sentence shall not apply unless the respective pos-
                                                                       14 session has a plan, which has been approved by the Sec-
                                                                       15 retary of the Treasury, under which such possession will
                                                                       16 promptly distribute such payments to its residents.
                                                                       17                (c) MIRROR CODE TAX SYSTEM.—For purposes of
                                                                       18 this section, the term ‘‘mirror code tax system’’ means,
                                                                       19 with respect to any possession of the United States, the
                                                                       20 income tax system of such possession if the income tax
                                                                       21 liability of the residents of such possession under such sys-
                                                                       22 tem is determined by reference to the income tax laws of
                                                                       23 the United States as if such possession were the United
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                                                                          1              (d) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—For purposes of
                                                                          2 section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, the payments
                                                                          3 under this section shall be treated in the same manner
                                                                          4 as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in sub-
                                                                          5 section (b)(2) of such section.
                                                                          6        SEC. 7. EXCLUSION OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED FROM STATE-

                                                                          7                                BASED        CATASTROPHE                     LOSS         MITIGATION

                                                                          8                                PROGRAMS.

                                                                          9              (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 139 of the Internal Rev-
                                                                       10 enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection
                                                                       11 (h) as subsection (i) and by inserting after subsection (g)
                                                                       12 the following new subsection:
                                                                       13                ‘‘(h) STATE-BASED CATASTROPHE LOSS MITIGATION
                                                                       14 PROGRAMS.—
                                                                       15                         ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Gross income shall not in-
                                                                       16                clude any amount received by an individual as a
                                                                       17                qualified catastrophe mitigation payment under a
                                                                       18                program established by a State, or a political sub-
                                                                       19                division or instrumentality thereof, for the purpose
                                                                       20                of making such payments.
                                                                       21                         ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED                      CATASTROPHE                   MITIGATION

                                                                       22                PAYMENT.—For purposes of this section, the term

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                                                                          1              for the sole purpose of reducing the damage that
                                                                          2              would be done to such residence by a windstorm,
                                                                          3              earthquake, or wildfire.
                                                                          4                       ‘‘(3) NO INCREASE IN BASIS.—Rules similar to
                                                                          5              the rules of subsection (g)(3) shall apply in the case
                                                                          6              of this subsection.’’.
                                                                          7              (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
                                                                          8                       (1) Section 139(d) is amended by striking ‘‘and
                                                                          9              qualified’’ and inserting ‘‘, qualified catastrophe
                                                                       10                mitigation payments, and qualified’’.
                                                                       11                         (2) Section 139(i) (as redesignated by sub-
                                                                       12                section (a)) is amended by striking ‘‘or qualified’’
                                                                       13                and inserting ‘‘, qualified catastrophe mitigation
                                                                       14                payment, or qualified’’.
                                                                       15                (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
                                                                       16 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
                                                                       17 December 31, 2020.
                                                                       18          SEC. 8. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF CERTAIN

                                                                       19                                  EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE.

                                                                       20                (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 139 of the Internal Rev-
                                                                       21 enue Code of 1986, as amended by the preceding provi-
                                                                       22 sions of this Act, is amended by redesignating subsection
                                                                       23 (i) as subsection (j) and by inserting after subsection (h)
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                                                                          1              ‘‘(i) CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE.—For
                                                                          2 purposes of this section, the term ‘qualified disaster relief
                                                                          3 payment’ shall include any assistance received under any
                                                                          4 of the following:
                                                                          5                       ‘‘(1) Assistance received under the Wildfires
                                                                          6              and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Plus under sub-
                                                                          7              part O of part 760 of title 7, Code of Federal Regu-
                                                                          8              lations.
                                                                          9                       ‘‘(2) Assistance received under section 1501 of
                                                                       10                the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081).
                                                                       11                         ‘‘(3) Noninsured crop assistance under section
                                                                       12                196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and
                                                                       13                Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).
                                                                       14                         ‘‘(4) Assistance under a food assistance pro-
                                                                       15                gram under part 9 of title 7, Code of Federal Regu-
                                                                       16                lations.
                                                                       17                         ‘‘(5) Assistance under title IV of the Agricul-
                                                                       18                tural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.).
                                                                       19                         ‘‘(6) Assistance under the Quality Loss Assist-
                                                                       20                ance Program.’’.
                                                                       21                (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
                                                                       22 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
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                                                                          1        SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DISASTER LOAN

                                                                          2                                PROCESSING.

                                                                          3              It is the sense of Congress that the Administrator
                                                                          4 of the Small Business Administration should use district
                                                                          5 offices of the Administration whenever possible to expedite
                                                                          6 the processing of disaster loans under section 7(b) of the
                                                                          7 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)).
                                                                          8        SEC. 10. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER PORT-

                                                                          9                                ABILITY GRANTS.

                                                                       10                Section 21(a)(4)(C)(viii) of the Small Business Act
                                                                       11 (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(C)(viii)) is amended—
                                                                       12                         (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘as a re-
                                                                       13                sult of a business or government facility down sizing
                                                                       14                or closing, which has resulted in the loss of jobs or
                                                                       15                small business instability’’ and inserting ‘‘due to
                                                                       16                events that have resulted or will result in a business
                                                                       17                or government facility downsizing or closing’’; and
                                                                       18                         (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘At the
                                                                       19                discretion of the Administrator, the Administrator
                                                                       20                may make an award greater than $100,000 to a re-
                                                                       21                cipient to accommodate extraordinary occurrences
                                                                       22                having a catastrophic impact on the small business
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                                                                          1        SEC. 11. DISASTER ASSISTANCE TO CRITICAL ENTER-

                                                                          2                                PRISES.

                                                                          3              Section 237 of the Disaster Relief Act of 1970 (15
                                                                          4 U.S.C. 636d) is amended—
                                                                          5                       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
                                                                          6              section (c); and
                                                                          7                       (2) in subsection (a)—
                                                                          8                                 (A) by striking ‘‘Farmers Home Adminis-
                                                                          9                       tration’’ and inserting ‘‘Farm Service Agency’’;
                                                                       10                                   (B) by striking ‘‘major disaster’’ and in-
                                                                       11                         serting ‘‘major disaster or is vital to recovery
                                                                       12                         efforts in the disaster area (including providing
                                                                       13                         debris removal services, manufactured housing,
                                                                       14                         gasoline, telecommunications, or building mate-
                                                                       15                         rials),’’; and
                                                                       16                                   (C) by striking ‘‘Loans authorized’’ and all
                                                                       17                         that follows through ‘‘pursuant thereto.’’ and
                                                                       18                         inserting the following:
                                                                       19                ‘‘(b) TERMS                   AND        CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding
                                                                       20 any other provision of law, loans authorized by this sec-
                                                                       21 tion—
                                                                       22                         ‘‘(1) shall be made without regard to limitations
                                                                       23                on the size of loans which may otherwise be imposed
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                                                                          1                        ‘‘(2) may waive any required evaluation of cred-
                                                                          2               itworthiness in exchange for a fee, as set by the
                                                                          3               Small Business Administration or the Farm Service
                                                                          4               Agency, as applicable.’’.
                                                                          5        SEC. 12. CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED WILDFIRE MITIGATION

                                                                          6                                 EXPENDITURES.

                                                                          7               (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart B of part IV of sub-
                                                                          8 chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
                                                                          9 1986 is amended by inserting after section 27 the fol-
                                                                       10 lowing new section:
                                                                       11          ‘‘SEC. 28. QUALIFIED WILDFIRE MITIGATION EXPENDI-

                                                                       12                                   TURES.

                                                                       13                 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be allowed as a cred-
                                                                       14 it against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable
                                                                       15 year an amount equal to 30 percent of the qualified wild-
                                                                       16 fire mitigation expenditures paid or incurred by the tax-
                                                                       17 payer during such taxable year with respect to real prop-
                                                                       18 erty owned or leased by the taxpayer.
                                                                       19                 ‘‘(b) QUALIFIED WILDFIRE MITIGATION EXPENDI-
                                                                       20          TURES.—For purposes of this section—

                                                                       21                          ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified wildfire
                                                                       22                 mitigation expenditures’ means any specified wildfire
                                                                       23                 mitigation expenditure made pursuant to a qualified
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                                                                          1              paid both by the taxpayer and such State. Such
                                                                          2              term shall not include any item of expenditure un-
                                                                          3              less the ratio of the State’s expenditure for such
                                                                          4              item to the sum of the State’s and taxpayer’s ex-
                                                                          5              penditures for such item is not less than 25 percent.
                                                                          6                       ‘‘(2) SPECIFIED                      WILDFIRE            MITIGATION     EX-

                                                                          7              PENDITURE.—The term ‘specified wildfire mitigation

                                                                          8              expenditure’ means, with respect to any real prop-
                                                                          9              erty owned or leased by the taxpayer, any amount
                                                                       10                paid or incurred to reduce the risk of wildfire by re-
                                                                       11                moving accumulations of vegetation (including estab-
                                                                       12                lishing, expanding, or maintaining fuel breaks to
                                                                       13                serve as fire breaks) on such real property.
                                                                       14                         ‘‘(3) QUALIFIED STATE WILDFIRE MITIGATION
                                                                       15                PROGRAM.—The term ‘qualified State wildfire miti-

                                                                       16                gation program’ means any program of a State the
                                                                       17                primary purpose of which is to mitigate the risk of
                                                                       18                wildfires in such State.
                                                                       19                         ‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF REIMBURSEMENTS.—Any
                                                                       20                amount originally paid or incurred by the taxpayer
                                                                       21                which is reimbursed by a State under a qualified
                                                                       22                wildfire mitigation program of such State shall be
                                                                       23                treated as paid by such State (and not by such tax-
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                                                                          1                       ‘‘(1) BUSINESS CREDIT TREATED AS PART OF
                                                                          2              GENERAL BUSINESS CREDIT.—So much of the credit

                                                                          3              which would be allowed under subsection (a) for any
                                                                          4              taxable year (determined without regard to this sub-
                                                                          5              section) that is attributable to expenditures made in
                                                                          6              the ordinary course of the taxpayer’s trade or busi-
                                                                          7              ness (or, in the case of expenditures made by a
                                                                          8              State, would have been expenditures made in the or-
                                                                          9              dinary course of the taxpayer’s trade or business if
                                                                       10                made by the taxpayer) shall be treated as a credit
                                                                       11                listed in section 38(b) for taxable year (and not al-
                                                                       12                lowed under subsection (a)).
                                                                       13                         ‘‘(2) PERSONAL CREDIT.—For purposes of this
                                                                       14                title, the credit allowed under subsection (a) for any
                                                                       15                taxable year (determined after application of para-
                                                                       16                graph (1)) shall be treated as a credit allowable
                                                                       17                under subpart A for such taxable year.
                                                                       18                ‘‘(d) REDUCTION OF CREDIT PERCENTAGE WHERE
                                                                       19 TAXPAYER EXPENDITURES LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.—
                                                                       20                         ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the expenditure percent-
                                                                       21                age with respect to any item of qualified wildfire
                                                                       22                mitigation expenditure is less than 30 percent, sub-
                                                                       23                section (a) shall be applied by substituting ‘the ex-
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                                                                          1                       ‘‘(2) EXPENDITURE                           PERCENTAGE.—For             pur-
                                                                          2              poses of this section, the term ‘expenditure percent-
                                                                          3              age’ means, with respect to any item of qualified
                                                                          4              wildfire mitigation expenditure any portion of which
                                                                          5              is paid or incurred by a State, the ratio (expressed
                                                                          6              as a percentage) of—
                                                                          7                                ‘‘(A) the taxpayer’s expenditure for such
                                                                          8                       item, divided by
                                                                          9                                ‘‘(B) the sum of the taxpayer’s and such
                                                                       10                         State’s expenditures for such item.
                                                                       11                ‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES.—
                                                                       12                         ‘‘(1) TREATMENT OF EXPENDITURES RELATED
                                                                       13                TO MARKETABLE TIMBER.—An expenditure shall not

                                                                       14                be taken into account for purposes of this section
                                                                       15                (whether made by the taxpayer or a State pursuant
                                                                       16                to a qualified State wildfire mitigation program of
                                                                       17                such State) if such expenditure is properly allocable
                                                                       18                to timber which is sold or exchanged by the tax-
                                                                       19                payer. The preceding sentence shall not apply to the
                                                                       20                extent that such amount exceeds the gain on such
                                                                       21                sale or exchange.
                                                                       22                         ‘‘(2) BASIS REDUCTION.—For purposes of this
                                                                       23                subtitle, if the basis of any property would (but for
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                                                                          1              the basis of such property shall be reduced by the
                                                                          2              amount of the credit allowed under subsection (a)
                                                                          3              with respect to such expenditure (determined with-
                                                                          4              out regard to subsection (c)).
                                                                          5                       ‘‘(3) DENIAL                    OF      DOUBLE              BENEFIT.—The

                                                                          6              amount of any deduction or other credit allowable
                                                                          7              under this chapter for any expenditure for which a
                                                                          8              credit is allowable under subsection (a) shall be re-
                                                                          9              duced by the amount of credit allowed under such
                                                                       10                subsection for such expenditure (determined without
                                                                       11                regard to subsection (c)).’’.
                                                                       12                (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
                                                                       13                         (1) Section 38(b) of such Code is amended by
                                                                       14                striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (32), by
                                                                       15                striking the period at the end of paragraph (33) and
                                                                       16                inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by adding at the end the fol-
                                                                       17                lowing new paragraph:
                                                                       18                         ‘‘(34) the portion of the qualified wildfire miti-
                                                                       19                gation expenditures credit to which section 28(c)(1)
                                                                       20                applies.’’.
                                                                       21                         (2) Section 1016(a) of such Code is amended
                                                                       22                by redesignating paragraphs (35) through (38) as
                                                                       23                paragraphs (36) through (39), respectively, and by
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                                                                          1                        ‘‘(35)        to       the       extent          provided           in   section
                                                                          2               28(e)(2),’’.
                                                                          3                        (3) The table of sections for subpart B of part
                                                                          4               IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is
                                                                          5               amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
                                                                          6               tion 27 the following new item:
                                                                                   ‘‘Sec. 28. Qualified wildfire mitigation expenditures.’’.

                                                                          7               (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
                                                                          8 this section shall apply to expenditures paid or incurred
                                                                          9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable
                                                                       10 years ending after such date.
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