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Version 07 · Reported to House · Apr 9, 2026
Survivor Justice Tax Prevention Act
This bill excludes from gross income certain damages received by an individual due to any sexual act or sexual contact and establishes the applicable burden of proof in court proceedings regarding the characterization of such damages for federal tax purposes.
Under current law, amounts received as damages (other than punitive damages) from a judgment, award, or settlement of a claim may be excluded from gross income and, thus, are not subject to federal income tax, if attributable to a personal physical injury or physical sickness. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) generally interprets personal physical injury to require observable bodily harm (e.g., bruising, cuts, swelling, or bleeding).
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Under the bill, amounts received as damages (other than punitive damages) from a judgment, award, or settlement due to any sexual act or sexual conduct, whether or not there are medical records or observable injuries of such act or contact, may be excluded from gross income.
Further, if a judgment, award, or settlement states that damages are due to any sexual act or sexual conduct, then the IRS has the burden of proving otherwise in court proceedings related to the tax liability associated with such damages.
Finally, the bill requires the IRS to promote public awareness of the exclusion from gross income of damages related to any sexual act or sexual contact.
People & committees
Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] · R–PA
Legislative record
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Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S5241)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S5241)
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 453.
Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3110)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3110)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2347.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3110-3111)
Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 519.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-599.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-599.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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