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HR 3524 111th Congress House Taxation Contracts and agency Farmland Land transfers Land use and conservation Transfer and inheritance taxes

Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act

Introduced: September 14, 2009 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jul 31, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 31, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now July 31, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 173 Related bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax.
  • HR 5475 Related bill Family Farm Estate Tax Relief Act of 2010
  • S 3664 Related bill Family Farm Estate Tax Deferral Act of 2010
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 5 Republican 6
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Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Nov 18, 2009
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 28, 2009
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Oct 28, 2009
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Oct 21, 2009
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Oct 21, 2009
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Calvert, Ken
California · Oct 1, 2009
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Oct 1, 2009
 D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Sep 22, 2009
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Sep 16, 2009
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Sep 14, 2009
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Sep 14, 2009
McCarthy, Kevin
· Sep 14, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3524: Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3524/
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"H.R. 3524: Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3524/.
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H.R. 3524, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3524/.
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