S2197-119

Introduced

To permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for tax returns outside the statute of limitations.

119th Congress Introduced Jun 26, 2025

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for tax returns outside the statute of limitations., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id728E66D702A84F20AA38407EE73C1E34: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Refund Equality Act of 2025.
  • Section idE092555EBEB3465EA0D1561CDD0AA062: 2. Extension of period of limitation for certain legally married couples In the case of an individual first treated as married for purposes of the Internal...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for tax returns outside the statute of limitations., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, To permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for tax returns outside the statute of limitations., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 26, 2025

Ms. Warren (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Blunt …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Finance
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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