United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5398 (111th)
Help Disaster Victims Buy a New Home Act of 2010
Introduced
25 May 2010
Last action
25 May 2010 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsors
Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Help Disaster Victims Buy a New Home Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat individual taxpayers who purchase a principal residence to replace a principal residence damaged or destroyed by a federally declared disaster as first-time homebuyers for purposes of the tax credit allowed to such homebuyers; (2) allow taxpayers who do not itemize their tax deductions a deduction from gross income for net casualty losses due to a federally declared disaster and permit a carryover of such losses for five years; and (3) exclude from gross income unemployment compensation paid to workers in a federally declared disaster area.
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Timeline
25 May 2010
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Source: IntroReferral
25 May 2010
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E935-936)
Source: IntroReferral
25 May 2010
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 May 2010
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 25 May 2010 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 25 May 2010
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 25 May 2010
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 25 May 2010
Sponsors
- Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22] · R · Sponsor
- · hswm00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/5398
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5398
- us · 111-hr-5398 · source updated 14 August 2025