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PAW Act of 2025

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Sep 30, 2025

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Sep 30, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Sep 30, 2025
Introduced in House
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Sep 30, 2025
Introduced in House
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Sep 30, 2025

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Introduced in House

Sep 30, 2025

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Length: 1,488 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Sep 30, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:07 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5669 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5669

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the surviving
spouse filing status to individuals whose spouses have died within the
last five taxable years.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 30, 2025

Mr. Van Drew (for himself, Ms. Hageman, and Mr. Gosar) 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 expand the surviving
spouse filing status to individuals whose spouses have died within the
last five taxable years.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

This Act may be cited as the ``Protect American Widows Act of
2025'' or the ``PAW Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2.

(a) In General.--
Section 2 (a) (1) (A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``two taxable years'' and inserting ``five taxable years''.

(a)

(1)
(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking ``two taxable years'' and inserting ``five
taxable years''.

(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to returns filed for taxable years beginning after December 31,
2024.
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