House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams, and Disasters Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 10, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6938.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RASKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 5, January 10, 2024, Page H52):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill reinstates the deduction for personal casualty losses as in effect prior to the enactment of Public Law 115- 97Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 210 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6938, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6938
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Sean Casten (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.