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S 3640 111th Congress Senate Taxation Agricultural conservation and pollution Farmland Land use and conservation Transfer and inheritance taxes

American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act of 2010

Introduced: July 22, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Jul 22, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6204)
Jul 22, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6203-6204)
Jul 22, 2010
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $5 million the limitation on the estate tax exclusion for land subject to a qualified conservation easement and to increase the percentage of the value of such land that is excludable.

What's happening now July 22, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6204)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3050 Related bill American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jul 27, 2010
 D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Jul 22, 2010
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Jul 22, 2010
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jul 22, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3640: American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3640/
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"S. 3640: American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3640/.
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