,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjai,mr4 ,rice of ,south ,carolina     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the       
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf to    
automatically postpone certain deadlines
 in the case of taxpayers located in a  
disaster area4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,disaster      
,certainty ,act of #bjai4  #b4          
,automatic extension of filing deadline 
7a7 ,in general ,section #gejh;,a of the
 ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7d7          
,mandatory #fj-;,day extension ,in the  
case of-- 7#a7 any individual whose     
principal place of abode is in a        
disaster area 7as defined in section    
#afe7;i77#e77;,b771 and  7#b7 any       
taxpayer if the taxpayer's principal    
place of business 7other than the       

business of performing services of an   
employee7 is located in a disaster area 
7as so defined71  the period beginning  
on the earliest incident date specified 
in the declaration to which such area   
relates and ending on the date which is 
#fj days after the latest incident date 
so specified shall be disregarded in the
 same manner as a period specified under
 subsection 7a74  4  7b7 ,effective date
 ,the amendment made by this section    
shall apply to federally declared       
disasters declared after ,december #ca1 
#bjah4