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S 1901 112th Congress Senate

American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act of 2011

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitations on the amount excluded from the gross estate with respect to land subject to a qualified conservation easement.

Introduced: November 17, 2011 See on congress.gov
Taxation Agricultural conservation and pollutionFarmlandLand use and conservationTransfer and inheritance taxes
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It never became law before the 112th Congress (2011–2012) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Nov 17, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 17, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action November 17, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act of 2011 - 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.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Nov 18, 2011
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Nov 18, 2011
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Nov 18, 2011
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Nov 17, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1901: American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1901/
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"S. 1901: American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1901/.
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S. 1901, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1901/.
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