To allow damage payments from BP in connection with the blowout and explosion on the offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon to be included in gross income ratably over 3 years.

Allows taxpayers to elect to include any payment from BP PLC for damages related to the blowout and explosion on the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon that occurred on April 20, 2010, in gross income ratably over a three-year period for tax purposes (income averaging).