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S 1994 110th Congress Senate Taxation Agriculture and Food Estate tax Families Family farms Farm lands Land transfers Public Lands and Natural Resources Tax exclusion

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax.

Introduced: August 3, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Aug 3, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 3, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 August 3, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1929 Related bill Save the Family Farm and Ranch Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Aug 3, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1994: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1994/
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"S. 1994: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1994/.
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