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H.R. 3812: Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma Working Family Tax Relief Act

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H.R. 3812: Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma Working Family Tax Relief Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-09-21 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-09-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma Working Family Tax Relief Act

Plain summary

Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma Working Family Tax Relief Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individuals affected by Hurricanes Harvey or Irma to elect to use earned income from the preceding year for the purpose of determining earned income for the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit. The bill applies to an individual: (1) whose principal place of abode on specified dates was located in the Hurricane Harvey disaster area or the Hurricane Irma disaster area, (2) who was displaced from the place of abode due to the disaster, and (3) who performed substantially all employment services in the disaster area and was so employed on the specified date. The Department of the Treasury must pay to each U.S. possession with a tax system that mirrors federal tax law (mirror code tax system) amounts equal to the loss to the possession due to this bill. For U.S. possessions that do not have a mirror code tax system, Treasury must pay an amount equal to the aggregate benefits that would have been provided to residents of the possession due to this bill if a mirror code tax system had been in effect.

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Official text

Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma Working Family Tax Relief Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] · 40 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Al Green (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Darren Soto (D-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] reported raising $471,289 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3812 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115