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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 440
55 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for Residential
66 Emergency Asset-accumulation Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) accounts.
77 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
88 JANUARY15, 2025
99 Ms. L
1010 EEof Florida (for herself, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. BUCHANAN, and Mr.
1111 S
1212 COTTFRANKLINof Florida) introduced the following bill; which was re-
1313 ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means
1414 A BILL
1515 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
1616 for Residential Emergency Asset-accumulation Deferred
1717 Taxation Yield (READY) accounts.
1818 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
1919 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2020 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2121 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘READY Accounts 4
2222 Act’’. 5
2323 SEC. 2. READY ACCOUNTS. 6
2424 (a) I
2525 NGENERAL.—Part VII of subchapter B of chap-7
2626 ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 8
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3030 by redesignating section 224 as section 225 and by insert-1
3131 ing after section 223 the following new section: 2
3232 ‘‘SEC. 224. RESIDENTIAL EMERGENCY ASSET-ACCUMULA-3
3333 TION DEFERRED TAXATION YIELD (READY) 4
3434 ACCOUNTS. 5
3535 ‘‘(a) D
3636 EDUCTIONALLOWED.—In the case of an indi-6
3737 vidual, there shall be allowed as a deduction for the tax-7
3838 able year an amount equal to the aggregate amount paid 8
3939 in cash during such taxable year by or on behalf of such 9
4040 individual to a Residential Emergency Asset-accumulation 10
4141 Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) account such indi-11
4242 vidual. 12
4343 ‘‘(b) L
4444 IMITATION.— 13
4545 ‘‘(1) I
4646 N GENERAL.—The amount allowable as a 14
4747 deduction under subsection (a) to an individual for 15
4848 the taxable year shall not exceed $4,500. 16
4949 ‘‘(2) I
5050 NFLATION ADJUSTMENT .— 17
5151 ‘‘(A) I
5252 N GENERAL.—In the case of any 18
5353 taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 19
5454 2025, the $4,500 dollar amount under para-20
5555 graph (1) shall be increased by an amount 21
5656 equal to— 22
5757 ‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 23
5858 ‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-24
5959 termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-25
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6363 endar year in which the taxable year be-1
6464 gins, determined by substituting in sub-2
6565 paragraph (A)(ii) thereof ‘calendar year 3
6666 2024’ for ‘calendar year 2016’. 4
6767 ‘‘(B) R
6868 OUNDING.—If any amount as ad-5
6969 justed under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of 6
7070 $50, such dollar amount shall be rounded to the 7
7171 next lowest multiple of $50. 8
7272 ‘‘(c) R
7373 ESIDENTIALEMERGENCYASSET-ACCUMULA-9
7474 TIONDEFERRED TAXATIONYIELD(READY) AC-10
7575 COUNT.—For purposes of this section— 11
7676 ‘‘(1) I
7777 N GENERAL.—The term ‘Residential 12
7878 Emergency Asset-accumulation Deferred Taxation 13
7979 Yield (READY) account’ means a trust created or 14
8080 organized in the United States as a Residential 15
8181 Emergency Asset-accumulation Deferred Taxation 16
8282 Yield (READY) account exclusively for the purpose 17
8383 of paying the qualified home disaster mitigation and 18
8484 recovery expenses of the account beneficiary, but 19
8585 only if the written governing instrument creating the 20
8686 trust meets the following requirements: 21
8787 ‘‘(A) Except in the case of a rollover con-22
8888 tribution described in subsection (e)(5), no con-23
8989 tribution will be accepted— 24
9090 ‘‘(i) unless it is in cash, or 25
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9494 ‘‘(ii) to the extent such contribution, 1
9595 when added to previous contributions to 2
9696 the trust for the calendar year, exceeds the 3
9797 dollar amount in effect under subsection 4
9898 (b)(1). 5
9999 ‘‘(B) The trustee is a bank (as defined in 6
100100 section 408(n)) or another person who dem-7
101101 onstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary 8
102102 that the manner in which such person will ad-9
103103 minister the trust will be consistent with the re-10
104104 quirements of this section. 11
105105 ‘‘(C) No part of the trust assets will be in-12
106106 vested in life insurance contracts. 13
107107 ‘‘(D) The assets of the trust will not be 14
108108 commingled with other property except in a 15
109109 common trust fund or common investment 16
110110 fund. 17
111111 ‘‘(E) The interest of an individual in the 18
112112 balance in his account is nonforfeitable. 19
113113 ‘‘(2) Q
114114 UALIFIED HOME DISASTER MITIGATION 20
115115 AND RECOVERY EXPENSES .— 21
116116 ‘‘(A) I
117117 N GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 22
118118 home disaster mitigation and recovery expenses’ 23
119119 means, with respect to an account beneficiary, 24
120120 amounts paid by such beneficiary for— 25
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124124 ‘‘(i) qualified disaster mitigation 1
125125 measures, or 2
126126 ‘‘(ii) qualified disaster recovery costs, 3
127127 with respect to a qualified home of the tax-4
128128 payer. 5
129129 ‘‘(B) Q
130130 UALIFIED DISASTER MITIGATION 6
131131 MEASURES.—For purposes of subparagraph 7
132132 (A)— 8
133133 ‘‘(i) I
134134 N GENERAL.—The term ‘quali-9
135135 fied disaster mitigation measures’ means 10
136136 any measure described in clause (ii) with 11
137137 respect to a qualified home of the taxpayer 12
138138 if— 13
139139 ‘‘(I) such measure meets such 14
140140 criteria as the Secretary, in consulta-15
141141 tion with the Administrator of the 16
142142 Federal Emergency Management 17
143143 Agency, considers appropriate to miti-18
144144 gate damage from a natural or other 19
145145 disaster, and 20
146146 ‘‘(II) is certified by a qualified 21
147147 industry professional as meeting such 22
148148 criteria. 23
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152152 ‘‘(ii) MITIGATION MEASURES .—The 1
153153 following measures are measures described 2
154154 in this clause: 3
155155 ‘‘(I) Installing a roofing 4
156156 underlayment to sheathing. 5
157157 ‘‘(II) Replacing a roof covering. 6
158158 ‘‘(III) Applying a foam adhesive 7
159159 to reinforce the roof structure. 8
160160 ‘‘(IV) Strengthening connection 9
161161 of roof deck to roof framing. 10
162162 ‘‘(V) Strengthening roof-to-wall 11
163163 connections. 12
164164 ‘‘(VI) Strengthening soffits. 13
165165 ‘‘(VII) Strengthening attic ven-14
166166 tilation openings. 15
167167 ‘‘(VIII) Installing impact-resist-16
168168 ant windows. 17
169169 ‘‘(IX) Installing impact-resistant 18
170170 entry doors. 19
171171 ‘‘(X) Elevating the residential 20
172172 home. 21
173173 ‘‘(XI) Installing ground anchors. 22
174174 ‘‘(XII) If the qualified home was 23
175175 built according to a building code 24
176176 from a prior year, achieving the cur-25
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180180 rent building code standard in the ap-1
181181 plicable State or locality. 2
182182 ‘‘(XIII) Such other measures de-3
183183 termined by the Secretary, in con-4
184184 sultation with the Administrator of 5
185185 the Federal Emergency Management 6
186186 Agency, to be consistent with the pur-7
187187 poses of this section. 8
188188 ‘‘(iii) Q
189189 UALIFIED INDUSTRY PROFES -9
190190 SIONAL.—The term ‘qualified industry pro-10
191191 fessional’ means an individual who meets 11
192192 such rules and standards as determined 12
193193 appropriate by the Secretary, in consulta-13
194194 tion with the Administrator of the Federal 14
195195 Emergency Management Agency. 15
196196 ‘‘(C) Q
197197 UALIFIED DISASTER RECOVERY 16
198198 COSTS.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the 17
199199 term ‘qualified disaster recovery costs’ means 18
200200 costs for repairing damage to the qualified 19
201201 home of the taxpayer if such damage arises 20
202202 from fire, storm, or other casualty and such 21
203203 costs are not compensated for by insurance or 22
204204 otherwise. 23
205205 ‘‘(D) Q
206206 UALIFIED HOME.—For purposes of 24
207207 this section, the term ‘qualified home’ means, 25
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211211 with respect to any taxable year, any structure 1
212212 which is— 2
213213 ‘‘(i) owned by the taxpayer, and 3
214214 ‘‘(ii) used by the taxpayer as the tax-4
215215 payer’s principal residence (within the 5
216216 meaning of section 121) for the taxable 6
217217 year. 7
218218 ‘‘(3) A
219219 CCOUNT BENEFICIARY .—The term ‘ac-8
220220 count beneficiary’ means the individual on whose be-9
221221 half the Residential Emergency Asset-accumulation 10
222222 Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) account was es-11
223223 tablished. 12
224224 ‘‘(4) C
225225 ERTAIN RULES TO APPLY .—Rules similar 13
226226 to the following rules shall apply for purposes of this 14
227227 section: 15
228228 ‘‘(A) Section 219(d)(2) (relating to no de-16
229229 duction for rollovers). 17
230230 ‘‘(B) Section 219(f)(3) (relating to time 18
231231 when contributions deemed made). 19
232232 ‘‘(C) Section 219(f)(5) (relating to em-20
233233 ployer payments). 21
234234 ‘‘(D) Section 408(g) (relating to commu-22
235235 nity property laws). 23
236236 ‘‘(E) Section 408(h) (relating to custodial 24
237237 accounts). 25
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241241 ‘‘(d) TAXTREATMENT OFACCOUNTS.— 1
242242 ‘‘(1) I
243243 N GENERAL.—A Residential Emergency 2
244244 Asset-accumulation Deferred Taxation Yield 3
245245 (READY) account is exempt from taxation under 4
246246 this subtitle unless such account has ceased to be a 5
247247 Residential Emergency Asset-accumulation Deferred 6
248248 Taxation Yield (READY) account. Notwithstanding 7
249249 the preceding sentence, any such account is subject 8
250250 to the taxes imposed by section 511 (relating to im-9
251251 position of tax on unrelated business income of char-10
252252 itable, etc. organizations). 11
253253 ‘‘(2) A
254254 CCOUNT TERMINATIONS .—Rules similar 12
255255 to the rules of paragraphs (2) and (4) of section 13
256256 408(e) shall apply to Residential Emergency Asset- 14
257257 accumulation Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) ac-15
258258 counts, and any amount treated as distributed under 16
259259 such rules shall be treated as not used to pay quali-17
260260 fied home disaster mitigation and recovery expenses. 18
261261 ‘‘(e) T
262262 AXTREATMENT OFDISTRIBUTIONS.— 19
263263 ‘‘(1) A
264264 MOUNTS USED FOR QUALIFIED HOME 20
265265 DISASTER MITIGATION AND RECOVERY EXPENSES .— 21
266266 Any amount paid or distributed out of a Residential 22
267267 Emergency Asset-accumulation Deferred Taxation 23
268268 Yield (READY) account which is used exclusively to 24
269269 pay qualified home disaster mitigation and recovery 25
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273273 expenses of the account beneficiary shall not be in-1
274274 cludible in gross income. 2
275275 ‘‘(2) I
276276 NCLUSION OF AMOUNTS NOT USED FOR 3
277277 QUALIFIED HOME DISASTER MITIGATION AND RE -4
278278 COVERY EXPENSES .—Any amount paid or distrib-5
279279 uted out of a Residential Emergency Asset-accumu-6
280280 lation Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) account 7
281281 which is not used exclusively to pay the qualified 8
282282 home disaster mitigation and recovery expenses of 9
283283 the account beneficiary shall be included in the gross 10
284284 income of such beneficiary. 11
285285 ‘‘(3) E
286286 XCESS CONTRIBUTIONS RETURNED BE -12
287287 FORE DUE DATE OF RETURN .— 13
288288 ‘‘(A) I
289289 N GENERAL.—If any excess con-14
290290 tribution is contributed for a taxable year to 15
291291 any Residential Emergency Asset-accumulation 16
292292 Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) account of 17
293293 an individual, paragraph (2) shall not apply to 18
294294 distributions from the Residential Emergency 19
295295 Asset-accumulation Deferred Taxation Yield 20
296296 (READY) accounts of such individual (to the 21
297297 extent such distributions do not exceed the ag-22
298298 gregate excess contributions to all such ac-23
299299 counts of such individual for such year) if— 24
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303303 ‘‘(i) such distribution is received by 1
304304 the individual on or before the last day 2
305305 prescribed by law (including extensions of 3
306306 time) for filing such individual’s return for 4
307307 such taxable year, and 5
308308 ‘‘(ii) such distribution is accompanied 6
309309 by the amount of net income attributable 7
310310 to such excess contribution. 8
311311 Any net income described in clause (ii) shall be 9
312312 included in the gross income of the individual 10
313313 for the taxable year in which it is received. 11
314314 ‘‘(B) E
315315 XCESS CONTRIBUTION .—For pur-12
316316 poses of subparagraph (A), the term ‘excess 13
317317 contribution’ means any contribution (other 14
318318 than a rollover contribution described in para-15
319319 graph (5)) which is not deductible under this 16
320320 section. 17
321321 ‘‘(4) A
322322 DDITIONAL TAX ON DISTRIBUTIONS NOT 18
323323 USED FOR QUALIFIED HOME DISASTER MITIGATION 19
324324 AND RECOVERY EXPENSES .—The tax imposed by 20
325325 this chapter on the account beneficiary for any tax-21
326326 able year in which there is a payment or distribution 22
327327 from a Residential Emergency Asset-accumulation 23
328328 Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) account of such 24
329329 beneficiary which is includible in gross income under 25
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333333 paragraph (2) shall be increased by 20 percent of 1
334334 the amount which is so includible. 2
335335 ‘‘(5) R
336336 OLLOVER CONTRIBUTION .—An amount is 3
337337 described in this paragraph as a rollover contribu-4
338338 tion if it meets the requirements of subparagraphs 5
339339 (A) and (B). 6
340340 ‘‘(A) I
341341 N GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) shall 7
342342 not apply to any amount paid or distributed 8
343343 from a Residential Emergency Asset-accumula-9
344344 tion Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) account 10
345345 to the account beneficiary to the extent the 11
346346 amount received is paid into a Residential 12
347347 Emergency Asset-accumulation Deferred Tax-13
348348 ation Yield (READY) account for the benefit of 14
349349 such beneficiary not later than the 60th day 15
350350 after the day on which the beneficiary receives 16
351351 the payment or distribution. 17
352352 ‘‘(B) L
353353 IMITATION.—This paragraph shall 18
354354 not apply to any amount described in subpara-19
355355 graph (A) received by an individual from a Res-20
356356 idential Emergency Asset-accumulation De-21
357357 ferred Taxation Yield (READY) account if, at 22
358358 any time during the 1-year period ending on the 23
359359 day of such receipt, such individual received any 24
360360 other amount described in subparagraph (A) 25
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364364 from a Residential Emergency Asset-accumula-1
365365 tion Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) account 2
366366 which was not includible in the individual’s 3
367367 gross income because of the application of this 4
368368 paragraph. 5
369369 ‘‘(6) T
370370 RANSFER OF ACCOUNT INCIDENT TO DI -6
371371 VORCE.—The transfer of an individual’s interest in 7
372372 a Residential Emergency Asset-accumulation De-8
373373 ferred Taxation Yield (READY) account to an indi-9
374374 vidual’s spouse or former spouse under a divorce or 10
375375 separation instrument described in clause (i) of sec-11
376376 tion 121(d)(3)(C) shall not be considered a taxable 12
377377 transfer made by such individual notwithstanding 13
378378 any other provision of this subtitle, and such interest 14
379379 shall, after such transfer, be treated as a Residential 15
380380 Emergency Asset-accumulation Deferred Taxation 16
381381 Yield (READY) account with respect to which such 17
382382 spouse is the account beneficiary. 18
383383 ‘‘(7) T
384384 REATMENT AFTER DEATH OF ACCOUNT 19
385385 BENEFICIARY.— 20
386386 ‘‘(A) T
387387 REATMENT IF DESIGNATED BENE -21
388388 FICIARY IS SPOUSE .—If the account bene-22
389389 ficiary’s surviving spouse acquires such bene-23
390390 ficiary’s interest in a Residential Emergency 24
391391 Asset-accumulation Deferred Taxation Yield 25
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395395 (READY) account by reason of being the des-1
396396 ignated beneficiary of such account at the death 2
397397 of the account beneficiary, such Residential 3
398398 Emergency Asset-accumulation Deferred Tax-4
399399 ation Yield (READY) account shall be treated 5
400400 as if the spouse were the account beneficiary. 6
401401 ‘‘(B) O
402402 THER CASES.—If, by reason of the 7
403403 death of the account beneficiary, any person ac-8
404404 quires the account beneficiary’s interest in a 9
405405 Residential Emergency Asset-accumulation De-10
406406 ferred Taxation Yield (READY) account in a 11
407407 case to which subparagraph (A) does not 12
408408 apply— 13
409409 ‘‘(i) such account shall cease to be a 14
410410 Residential Emergency Asset-accumulation 15
411411 Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) ac-16
412412 count as of the date of death, and 17
413413 ‘‘(ii) an amount equal to the fair mar-18
414414 ket value of the assets in such account on 19
415415 such date shall be includible if such person 20
416416 is not the estate of such beneficiary, in 21
417417 such person’s gross income for the taxable 22
418418 year which includes such date, or if such 23
419419 person is the estate of such beneficiary, in 24
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423423 such beneficiary’s gross income for the last 1
424424 taxable year of such beneficiary. 2
425425 ‘‘(f) R
426426 EPORTS.— 3
427427 ‘‘(1) I
428428 N GENERAL.—The Secretary may require 4
429429 the trustee of a Residential Emergency Asset-accu-5
430430 mulation Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) account 6
431431 to make such reports regarding such account to the 7
432432 Secretary and to the account beneficiary with re-8
433433 spect to contributions, distributions, the return of 9
434434 excess contributions, and such other matters as the 10
435435 Secretary determines appropriate. 11
436436 ‘‘(2) T
437437 IME AND MANNER OF REPORTS .—The re-12
438438 ports required by this subsection shall be filed at 13
439439 such time and in such manner and furnished to such 14
440440 individuals at such time and in such manner as may 15
441441 be required by the Secretary. 16
442442 ‘‘(g) R
443443 EGULATIONS.— The Secretary shall prescribe 17
444444 such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to 18
445445 carry out the purposes of this section and to prevent the 19
446446 abuse of such purposes.’’. 20
447447 (b) E
448448 XCESSCONTRIBUTIONS.— 21
449449 (1) I
450450 N GENERAL.—Section 4973(a) of the In-22
451451 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 23
452452 ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 24
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456456 at the end of paragraph (6), and by inserting after 1
457457 paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: 2
458458 ‘‘(7) a Residential Emergency Asset-accumula-3
459459 tion Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) account 4
460460 (within the meaning of section 224),’’. 5
461461 (2) E
462462 XCESS CONTRIBUTIONS .—Section 4973 of 6
463463 such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-7
464464 lowing new subsection: 8
465465 ‘‘(i) E
466466 XCESSCONTRIBUTIONS TO READY AC-9
467467 COUNTS.— 10
468468 ‘‘(1) I
469469 N GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-11
470470 tion, in the case of a Residential Emergency Asset- 12
471471 accumulation Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) ac-13
472472 count (within the meaning of section 224), the term 14
473473 ‘excess contributions’ means the sum of— 15
474474 ‘‘(A) the aggregate amount contributed for 16
475475 the taxable year to such accounts (other than 17
476476 rollover contributions described in section 18
477477 224(e)(5)) which is not allowed as a deduction 19
478478 under section 224 fo such year, and, and 20
479479 ‘‘(B) the amount determined under this 21
480480 subsection for the preceding taxable year, re-22
481481 duced by the sum of— 23
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485485 ‘‘(i) the distributions out of the ac-1
486486 counts which were included in gross in-2
487487 come under section 224(e)(2), and 3
488488 ‘‘(ii) the excess (if any) of the max-4
489489 imum amount allowed as a deduction 5
490490 under section 224(b) for the taxable year 6
491491 over the amount contributed to the ac-7
492492 counts for the taxable year. 8
493493 ‘‘(2) S
494494 PECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this 9
495495 subsection, any contribution which is distributed out 10
496496 of the Residential Emergency Asset-accumulation 11
497497 Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) account in a dis-12
498498 tribution to which section 223(e)(3) applies shall be 13
499499 treated as an amount not contributed.’’. 14
500500 (c) A
501501 PPLICATION OF PROHIBITEDTRANSACTION 15
502502 R
503503 ULES.— 16
504504 (1) I
505505 N GENERAL.—Section 4975(e)(1) of the 17
506506 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-18
507507 ing ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (F), by redesig-19
508508 nating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (H), and 20
509509 by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following 21
510510 new subparagraph: 22
511511 ‘‘(G) a Residential Emergency Asset-accu-23
512512 mulation Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) ac-24
513513 count described in section 224, or’’. 25
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517517 (2) SPECIAL RULE.—Section 4975(c) of such 1
518518 Code is amended by adding at the end the following 2
519519 new paragraph: 3
520520 ‘‘(8) S
521521 PECIAL RULE FOR RESIDENTIAL EMER -4
522522 GENCY ASSET-ACCUMULATION DEFERRED TAXATION 5
523523 YIELD (READY) ACCOUNTS .—An individual for whose 6
524524 benefit a Residential Emergency Asset-accumulation 7
525525 Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) account (within 8
526526 the meaning of section 224) is established shall be 9
527527 exempt from the tax imposed by this section with re-10
528528 spect to any transaction concerning such account 11
529529 (which would otherwise be taxable under this sec-12
530530 tion) if, with respect to such transaction, the ac-13
531531 count ceases to be a Residential Emergency Asset- 14
532532 accumulation Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) ac-15
533533 count by reason of the application of section 16
534534 224(d)(2) to such account.’’. 17
535535 (d) C
536536 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 18
537537 (1) Section 26(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue 19
538538 Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 20
539539 end of subparagraph (Y), by striking the period at 21
540540 the end of subparagraph (Z) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, 22
541541 and by inserting after subparagraph (Y) the fol-23
542542 lowing: 24
543543 ‘‘(AA) section 224(e)(4).’’. 25
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547547 (2) Section 62(a) of such Code is amended by 1
548548 inserting after paragraph (21) the following new 2
549549 paragraph: 3
550550 ‘‘(22) R
551551 ESIDENTIAL EMERGENCY ASSET -ACCU-4
552552 MULATION DEFERRED TAXATION YIELD (READY) AC -5
553553 COUNT.—The deduction allowed by section 224.’’. 6
554554 (3) Section 165(h) of such Code is amended by 7
555555 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 8
556556 ‘‘(6) C
557557 OORDINATION WITH EXPENDITURES 9
558558 FROM READY ACCOUNTS .—No deduction shall be al-10
559559 lowed with respect to any loss described in sub-11
560560 section (a)(3) to the extent the taxpayer has made 12
561561 an expenditure from a Residential Emergency Asset- 13
562562 accumulation Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) ac-14
563563 count (as defined in section 224) which is taken into 15
564564 account under section 224(c)(2)(C) as a cost with 16
565565 respect to such loss.’’. 17
566566 (4) Section 877A of such Code is amended— 18
567567 (A) in subsection (e)(2) by inserting ‘‘a 19
568568 Residential Emergency Asset-accumulation De-20
569569 ferred Taxation Yield (READY) account (as de-21
570570 fined in section 224),’’ after ‘‘a health savings 22
571571 account (as defined in section 223),’’, and 23
572572 (B) in subsection (g)(6) by inserting 24
573573 ‘‘224(e)(4),’’ after ‘‘223(f)(4),’’. 25
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577577 (5) Section 6693(a)(2) of such Code is amended 1
578578 by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (E), 2
579579 by striking the period at the end of subparagraph 3
580580 (F) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after 4
581581 subparagraph (F) the following new subparagraph: 5
582582 ‘‘(G) section 224(f) (relating to Residential 6
583583 Emergency Asset-accumulation Deferred Tax-7
584584 ation Yield (READY) accounts).’’. 8
585585 (6) The table of sections for part VII of sub-9
586586 chapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended re-10
587587 designating the item relating to section 224 as relat-11
588588 ing to section 225 and by inserting after the item 12
589589 relating to section 223 the following new item: 13
590590 ‘‘Sec. 224. Residential Emergency Asset-accumulation Deferred Taxation Yield
591591 (READY) accounts.’’.
592592 (e) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 14
593593 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 15
594594 December 31, 2024. 16
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