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H.R. 2547

U.S. HouseIn House Committee

Summary

H.R. 2547, the Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Apr 1, 2025 by Rep. Randy Feenstra (R) with 53 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Apr 1, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.


Record

Text

H.R. 2547 has 53 co-sponsors.

hb2547/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 2547 IH: Secure Family Futures Act of 2025
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-04-01
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Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2547 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 1, 2025 Mr. Feenstra (for himself, Ms. Sewell , and Mr. Flood ) 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 exclude debt held by certain insurance companies from capital assets and to extend capital loss carryovers for such companies from 5 years to 10 years.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Secure Family Futures Act of 2025 .
2.
Debt not treated as capital asset for applicable insurance companies
(a)
Exclusion from capital assets
Section 1221(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking or at the end of paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting ; or , and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(9)
any note, bond, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness held by an applicable insurance company.
.
(b)
Applicable insurance company defined
Section 1221(b) of such Code is amended by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5) and by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:
(4)
Applicable insurance company
For purposes of subsection (a)(9), the term applicable insurance company means, with respect to any taxable year—
(A)
any insurance company other than an insurance company—
(i)
with respect to which an election is in effect under section 831(b)(2)(A)(iii) or 835(a) for such taxable year,
(ii)
which is a foreign corporation described in section 842, or
(iii)
which is an organization to which section 833 applies for such taxable year, or
(B)
a face-amount certificate company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
.
(c)
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to notes, bonds, debentures, or other evidence of indebtedness acquired by an applicable insurance company (as defined in section 1221(b)(4)) of such Code after December 31, 2025.
3.
Capital loss carryovers incurred by applicable insurance companies allowed for 10 years
(a)
In general
Section 1212(a)(1)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
(C)
a capital loss carryover to each of the 10 taxable years succeeding the loss year, but only to the extent such loss—
(i)
is attributable to a foreign expropriation loss, or
(ii)
was incurred by an applicable insurance company (as defined in section 1221(b)(4)).
.
(b)
Effective date
The amendment made by this section shall apply to net capital losses arising in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-04-01
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude debt held by certain insurance companies from capital assets and to extend capital loss carryovers for such companies from 5 years to 10 years.

Sponsors

Rep. Randy Feenstra (R) sponsors H.R. 2547, and 53 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 2547 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Referred To · Apr 1, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 2547 has taken 2 actions since Apr 1, 2025.

ChamberAction
Apr 1, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Apr 1, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.Ways and Means Committee

Votes

H.R. 2547 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 2547, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 2547 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Secure Family Futures Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Secure Family Futures Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude debt held by certain insurance companies from capital assets and to extend capital loss carryovers for such companies from 5 years to 10 years. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

27 clients hired 29 firms and 91 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2547 in 138 quarterly filings, 2025 to 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 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Insurance, Retirement, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Trade (domestic/foreign), Health Issues.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill. The 20 that filed most often, of 27.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATIONInsurance and investment managementPennsylvania211$250K
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSTrade association representing the life insurance industry.District of Columbia210$240K
METLIFE GROUP, INC.Individual insurance, employee benefits, and financial servicesDistrict of Columbia28$100K
PRIMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYGeorgia17
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (USA) (FKA JOHN HANCOCK FIN. SERVICES, INC.)Massachusetts16$350K
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (U.S.A.)Massachusetts16$70K
FINSECADistrict of Columbia16
GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICADistrict of Columbia16
PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYCalifornia16
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUPDistrict of Columbia16
REINSURANCE ASSN OF AMERICADistrict of Columbia16
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL (U.S.) SERVICES COMPANY INC.Massachusetts16
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.District of Columbia15
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.District of Columbia15
CMFG LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYWisconsin15
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESDistrict of Columbia15
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INCNew Jersey15
TRANSAMERICA COMPANIESDistrict of Columbia15
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYOhio14
PRIMERICA, INC.Life insurance and financial services.Georgia13$180K

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 91.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS2025 second_quarter$2.2M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS2025 fourth_quarter$1.9M4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS2025 third_quarter$1.4M3rd Quarter - Report
THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYTHE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY2026 second_quarter$1.3M2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYNATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY2025 third_quarter$1.3M3rd Quarter - Report
THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYTHE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY2026 first_quarter$1.1M1st Quarter - Amendme…
THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYTHE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY2026 first_quarter$1.1M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS2026 first_quarter$1.1M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS2026 second_quarter$1.1M2nd Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS2026 second_quarter$1.1M2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYNATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY2025 second_quarter$1.1M2nd Quarter - Report
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUPPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP2026 first_quarter$970K1st Quarter - Report
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUPPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP2025 first_quarter$953K1st Quarter - Report
FINSECAFINSECA2026 first_quarter$850K1st Quarter - Report
PRIMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYPRIMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY2025 first_quarter$790K1st Quarter - Report
PRIMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYPRIMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY2026 first_quarter$740K1st Quarter - Report
PRIMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYPRIMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY2025 first_quarter$730K1st Quarter - Amendme…
FINSECAFINSECA2025 first_quarter$730K1st Quarter - Report
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INCPRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC.2026 first_quarter$700K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYNATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY2025 fourth_quarter$670K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2547 under Taxation, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2547’s is Taxation.

hr2547/policy-areas.txt
TaxationAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 2547, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 1, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FEENSTRA:H.R. 2547.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (Taxing and Spending Clause)[Page H1405]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com