H.R. 517 is a bill aimed at amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to change how deadlines can be postponed due to disasters. The bill allows the Secretary of the Treasury to extend federal tax deadlines for disasters declared by states, not just those declared by the...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 517 wants to let the people in charge of taxes give everyone more time to pay their taxes if bad things happen because of storms or other big problems in their area, even if the problem wasn't declared by the big government. It also gives them more days, from 60 to 120, to do this.