H.R. 917

Summary

H.R. 917, the Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Feb 4, 2025 by Rep. Julia Brownley (D). It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Feb 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Record

Text

H.R. 917 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 917 IH: Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-04
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 917  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 4, 2025   Ms. Brownley  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means    A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 2025  .
2.
Permanent extension of exclusion from gross income of discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness
(a)
In general
 Section 108(a)(1)(E)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking  which is discharged  and all that follows and inserting a period.
(b)
Effective date
The amendment made by this section shall apply to indebtedness discharged after December 31, 2025.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Julia Brownley (D) sponsors H.R. 917 alone.

Julia Brownley

Rep. · D–CA-26 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 917 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Feb 4, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 917 has taken 2 actions since Feb 4, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 917 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 917 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 2 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 917 in 1 quarterly filing, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Environment/Superfund.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 917 under Taxation, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 917’s is Taxation.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 917, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. BROWNLEY:H.R. 917.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Amendment XVI[Page H460]

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