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HR 5475 111th Congress House Taxation Contracts and agency Farmland Land transfers Land use and conservation Transfer and inheritance taxes

Family Farm Estate Tax Relief Act of 2010

Introduced: May 28, 2010 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 7, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 28, 2010
Introduced in House
May 28, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Family Farm Estate Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from the value of a decedent's gross estate farmland used by an heir for farming purposes; (2) impose a recapture tax on an heir who disposes of such farmland after the decedent's death or who ceases to use such farmland for farming purposes; and (3) increase the limitation on the estate tax exclusion for land subject to a qualified conservation easement to $5 million and the percentage of the value of such land that is excludable.

What's happening now June 7, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 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 3524 Related bill Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act
  • 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 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 4 Republican 1
D
Costa, Jim
California · May 28, 2010
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · May 28, 2010
Ellsworth, Brad
· May 28, 2010
 D
Garamendi, John
California · May 28, 2010
Kratovil, Frank
· May 28, 2010
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · May 28, 2010
McCarthy, Kevin
· May 28, 2010
Minnick, Walter
· May 28, 2010
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · May 28, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5475: Family Farm Estate Tax Relief Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5475/
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"H.R. 5475: Family Farm Estate Tax Relief Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5475/.
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H.R. 5475, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5475/.
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