Disaster Recovery and Opportunity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1851
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2019-03-21
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax

Disaster relief and insurance

Economic development
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Disaster Recovery and Opportunity Act of 201</b><b>9</b></p> <p>This bill allows the chief executive officer (e.g., governor) of a state to designate certain population census tracts in areas related to federally declared disasters as opportunity zones. This makes investments in the areas eligible for various tax incentives. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1851 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2019 Mr. Meadows introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain Federally declared disaster areas to be designated as opportunity zones for purposes of economic development and recovery.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disaster Recovery and Opportunity Act of 2019 . 2. Treatment as opportunity zones (a) In general Section 1400Z–1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (g) Certain disaster zones (1) Designation With respect to a Federally declared disaster, the chief executive officer of a State may designate under this paragraph not more than 5 percent of the applicable disaster tracts in such State with respect to such disaster. (2) No effect on limitation on number of designations An applicable disaster tract designated under paragraph (1) shall not be taken into account in determining the limitation under subsection (d). (3) Applicable disaster tract The term applicable disaster tract means, with respect to a Federally declared disaster, a population census tract in the disaster area related to such disaster. (4) Federally declared disaster; disaster area In this subsection, the term Federally declared disaster and the term disaster area have the meaning given such terms in section 165(i). (5) Applicable start date (A) Qualified opportunity fund businesses and property In the case of an applicable disaster tract designated under paragraph (1), subparagraphs (B)(i)(I), (C)(i), and (D)(i)(I) of section 1400Z–2(d)(2) shall each be applied by substituting the applicable start date for December 31, 2017 . (B) Extension of determination period In the case of an applicable disaster tract designated under paragraph (1), section (c)(2)(B) shall be applied by substituting the applicable start date for the date of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act . (C) Applicable start date The term applicable start date means, with respect to a disaster area, the earliest incident date specified in the declaration to which such area relates. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to Federally declared disasters declared after the date of the enactment of this Act.