DEPLOY Tax Relief Act

Bill: 118-hr-9743
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2024-09-20
Policy area: Taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-09-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Deployed Emergency Professionals Lasting Over a Year Tax Relief Act or the DEPLOY Tax Relief Act</strong></p><p>This bill allows a tax deduction for the travel expenses of federal disaster relief workers away from home for more than one year. (Under current law, the deduction for travel expenses while away from home is limited to temporary work assignments for one year or less except for a few specific situations.)</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9743 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 20, 2024 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi (for himself and Ms. Sewell ) 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 a deduction for traveling expenses for Federal disaster relief workers away from home for more than 1 year.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Deployed Emergency Professionals Lasting Over a Year Tax Relief Act or the DEPLOY Tax Relief Act . 2. Deduction for traveling expenses for Federal disaster relief workers away from home for more than 1 year (a) In general Section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting or is certified by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as traveling on behalf of the United States in temporary duty status to respond to a federally declared disaster (as defined in section 165(i)(5)(A)) after a Federal crime . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.