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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1964 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special 

rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2011 

Mr. GERLACH (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. ALEXANDER, 

Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. BACA, Mr. BACHUS, Ms. 

BALDWIN, Mr. BARROW, Mr. BARTLETT, Ms. BASS of California, Mr. 

BECERRA, Mr. BENISHEK, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BISHOP of 

Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BONNER, Mr. 

BOREN, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. 

BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAMP, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 

CAPUANO, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. CARTER, Ms. CASTOR of 

Florida, Mr. CHANDLER, Ms. CHU, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CLARKE of 

Michigan, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 

CRAWFORD, Mr. CRITZ, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CUMMINGS, 

Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mrs. DAVIS of California, 

Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DENT, Mr. DIAZBALART, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, Mr. 

DOYLE, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. 

ESHOO, Mr. FARR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. 

GONZALEZ, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, 

Mr. GRIMM, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. 

HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. HAYWORTH, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 

HIMES, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. 

HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. 

JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Ms. JENKINS, Ms. 

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. JONES, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIND, 

Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. LANCE, 

Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 

Mr. LATHAM, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LATTA, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. 

LOEBSACK, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LUJA ́N, 


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Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. 

MALONEY, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MATHESON, Ms. MATSUI, 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mrs. 

MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MICHAUD, 

Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. GEORGE

MILLER of California, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mrs. MYRICK, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. NUNES, Mr. 

NUNNELEE, Mr. OLVER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 

PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 

PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. 

PITTS, Mr. POLIS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. REYES, Mr. RIVERA, Mr. ROE

of Tennessee, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. ROSS

of Florida, Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. 

ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, 

Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCHRADER, 

Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, 

Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SHULER, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SMITH

of Texas, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. STARK, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. TERRY, Mr. 

THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. TURNER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. 

VISCLOSKY, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. 

WATERS, Mr. WATT, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. 

YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BASS

of New Hampshire, Mr. WOLF, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. PLATTS, Ms. 

SEWELL, and Mr. REICHERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make 

permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified 

conservation contributions. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Conservation Ease3 ment Incentive Act of 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF QUALIFIED 

5 CONSERVATION CONTRIBUTIONS MADE PER6 MANENT. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

8 (1) INDIVIDUALS.—Subparagraph (E) of sec9 tion 170(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

10 (relating to contributions of qualified conservation 

11 contributions) is amended by striking clause (vi). 

12 (2) CORPORATIONS.—Subparagraph (B) of sec13 tion 170(b)(2) of such Code (relating to qualified 

14 conservation contributions) is amended by striking 

15 clause (iii). 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

17 this section shall apply to contributions made in taxable 

18 years beginning after the date of the enactment of this 

19 Act. 

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