,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #aigg ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,march #bh1 #bjai,mr4 ,kind 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,reed1 and ,mr4 ,courtney7 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 extend for #b years the exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,mortgage ,forgiveness ,tax ,relief ,act of #bjai4 #b4 ,two-year extension of exclusion from gross income of discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness 7a7 ,in general ,section #ajh7;a77#a77;,e7 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by striking ,january #a1 #bjah each place it appears and inserting ,january #a1 #bjbj4 7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by this section shall apply to discharges of indebtedness after ,december #ca1 #bjag4