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HR 3106 96th Congress House Taxation Agriculture and Rural Affairs Agriculture in foreign trade Business and commerce Capital gains tax Farm lands Farms Foreign Trade and Investments Foreign investments Income tax Taxation of foreign income

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to subject foreign investors to the capital gains tax on gain from the sale or exchange of certain farmland and other rural land located in the…

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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to subject foreign investors to the capital gains tax on gain from the sale or exchange of certain farmland and other rural land located in the United States.

Introduced: March 20, 1979 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 96th Congress (1979–1980) 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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Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 20, 1979
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject nonresident aliens and foreign corporations to a tax on the gain from the sale or exchange of farm or rural lands situated in the United States.

Requires foreign corporations which hold United States farm lands comprising 20 percent of their assets to make reports on such holdings as the Secretary of the Treasury may require.

What's happening now March 20, 1979

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3106: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to subject foreign investors to the capital gains tax on gain from the sale or exchange of certain farmland and other rural land located in the United States.. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-3106/
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"H.R. 3106: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to subject foreign investors to the capital gains tax on gain from the sale or exchange of certain farmland and other rural land located in the United States.." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-3106/.
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H.R. 3106, 96th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-3106/.
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[H.R. 3106: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to subject foreign investors to the capital gains tax on gain from the sale or exchange of certain farmland and other rural land located in the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-3106/)
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