# 119-hr-6645: Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act

119-hr-6645, Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6645
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6645
- Congress: 119
- Title: Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Allow using prior-year earned income to qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the refundable Child Tax Credit (CTC) after a presidentially declared disaster.** It would let people hit by a major disaster elect to use the preceding taxable year when calculating eligibility for those credits.

## Provisions PRIA read

- More tax help for disaster-hit families: benefit, high. You would be able to use last year’s earned income to figure your Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit. This would apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024. You must be a "disaster-affected taxpayer" — your main home or main work was in a Presidentially declared disaster zo…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-5356: National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6645 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6645)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [119-hr-5356: National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5356)
- [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6645 (as of 2026-04-21).