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S 3664 111th Congress Senate Taxation Contracts and agency Farmland Land transfers Land use and conservation Transfer and inheritance taxes

Family Farm Estate Tax Deferral Act of 2010

Introduced: July 28, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Jul 28, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 28, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6440-6441)
Jul 28, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Family Farm Estate Tax Deferral Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from the value of a decedent's gross estate farmland used by the decedent or a member of the decedent's family for farming purposes for periods aggregating five years or more during the eight-year period ending on the date of the decedent's death; (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 July 28, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 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
  • HR 5475 Related bill Family Farm Estate Tax Relief Act of 2010
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Jul 28, 2010
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Jul 28, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3664: Family Farm Estate Tax Deferral Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3664/
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"S. 3664: Family Farm Estate Tax Deferral Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3664/.
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S. 3664, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3664/.
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