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Protect Family Farms and Businesses Act

Introduced: January 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 5, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect Family Farms and Businesses Act

This bill prohibits proposed Internal Revenue Service regulations published on August 4, 2016, relating to restrictions on liquidation of an interest with respect to estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes from taking effect. The bill prohibits funds from being used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed regulations or any substantially similar regulations.

What's happening now January 5, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 308 Identical bill Protect Family Farms and Businesses Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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All 2 Republican 2
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Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Jan 5, 2017
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jan 5, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 47: Protect Family Farms and Businesses Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-47/
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"S. 47: Protect Family Farms and Businesses Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-47/.
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S. 47, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-47/.
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