United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3989 (113th)
Disaster Savings Accounts Act of 2013
Introduced
4 February 2014
Last action
4 February 2014 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsors
Dennis Ross, Thomas Rooney, Tom Cole, Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4], Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7], Tom Cotton, Mike Coffman, Mario Diaz-Balart, Frank Lucas, Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12], Steven Palazzo
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
9 December 2025
Summary
Disaster Savings Accounts Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt disaster savings accounts to pay the expenses of homeowners for disaster mitigation and recovery expenses, (2) allow a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) up to $5,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) in a taxable year for cash contributions to such accounts, (3) exclude from gross income distributions from such accounts to pay disaster mitigation and recovery expenses; and (4) set forth tax rules and penalties for excess contributions to disaster savings accounts and for failure to file required reports on such accounts.
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Timeline
4 February 2014
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Source: IntroReferral
4 February 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 February 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 4 February 2014 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 4 February 2014
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 4 February 2014
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 4 February 2014
Sponsors
- Dennis Ross · R · Sponsor
- Thomas Rooney · R · Cosponsor
- Tom Cole · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Tom Cotton · R · Cosponsor
- Mike Coffman · R · Cosponsor
- Mario Diaz-Balart · R · Cosponsor
- Frank Lucas · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] · R · Cosponsor
- Steven Palazzo · R · Cosponsor
- · hswm00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Disaster Savings Accounts Act of 2013
- related to ← Disaster Savings Accounts Act of 2014
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3989
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3989
- us · 113-hr-3989 · source updated 9 December 2025