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HR 1929 110th Congress House Taxation Agriculture and Food Estate tax Families Family farms Farm lands Land transfers Public Lands and Natural Resources Tax exclusion

Save the Family Farm and Ranch Act of 2007

Introduced: April 18, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Apr 18, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 18, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Save the Family Farm and Ranch Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross estate of a decedent the value of farmland used by an heir of the decedent for farming purposes. Imposes a recapture tax on an heir who disposes of such farmland after the decedent's death or who ceases to use it for farming purposes.

What's happening now April 18, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1994 Related bill A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 25, 2007
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · May 10, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1929: Save the Family Farm and Ranch Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1929/
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"H.R. 1929: Save the Family Farm and Ranch Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1929/.
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H.R. 1929, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1929/.
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