H.R. 3524 (111th): Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act

Introduced:
Jul 31, 2009 (111th Congress, 2009–2010)
Sponsor:
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA1]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 390 (112th) on Jan 20, 2011.

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Status

This bill was introduced on July 31, 2009, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Jul 31, 2009
Cosponsors
58 cosponsors (31D, 27R) (show)
Committees

House Ways and Means

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Full Title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Jul 31, 2009.
13 pages

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7/31/2009--Introduced.
Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from the gross estate the value of property used by a decedent and the decedent's family as a farm for farming purposes and certain qualified conservation easements; and (2) impose a recapture tax if such farmland is sold outside the decedent's family or is no longer used for farming purposes or if a qualified conservation easement is likewise sold or used in violation of the terms of such easement.

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