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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Apr 4, 2014
Homeowner Disaster Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt any qualified natural disaster distribution from the 10% penalty on premature distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans. Defines "qualified natural diasaster distribution" as a distribution from a retirement plan to an individual if: (1) such individual sustained an economic loss due to a federally-declared disaster, (2) the principal place of abode of such individual on the disaster declaration date is in the disaster area, and (3) such distribution is made during the one-year period beginning on the disaster declaration date.
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Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] · D–NY
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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