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HR 4073 108th Congress House Taxation Agricultural conservation Agricultural subsidies Agriculture and Food Earnings Environmental Protection Farm income Income tax Labor and Employment Old age, survivors and disability insurance Public Lands and Natural Resources Rent Self-employed Social Welfare Soil conservation Tax exclusion

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate.

Introduced: March 30, 2004 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 30, 2004
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat conservation reserve program payments as real estate rentals and thus excluded from consideration in self-employment net earnings.

Amends the Social Security Act to treat such payments similarly for purposes of old, age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) benefits.

What's happening now March 30, 2004

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1316 Related bill Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act of 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4073: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4073/
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"H.R. 4073: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4073/.
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H.R. 4073, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4073/.
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