I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2807 
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 
JULY 24, 2013 
Mr. GERLACH (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. 
BISHOP of New York, Mrs. BLACK, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. BROWNLEY of 
California, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. COFF-
MAN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
CRAWFORD, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. RODNEY
DAVIS
of Illinois, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DENT, Mr. DESJARLAIS, 
Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
ENGEL, Mr. ENYART, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ESTY, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. FRELING-
HUYSEN, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. GIBSON, 
Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. GUTHRIE, 
Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HANNA, Mr. HARPER, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. HURT, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Ms. KAPTUR, 
Mr. KEATING, Mr. KIND, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KING of Iowa, Ms. 
KUSTER, Mr. LANCE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. 
LEE of California, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 
LUETKEMEYER, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. 
SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. MATHESON, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 
MICHAUD, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, 
Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. OLSON, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. 
PETERS of Michigan, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. PETRI, Mr. PIERLUISI, 
Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. PITTS, Mr. POLIS, Mr. PRICE of North 
Carolina, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROGERS of Ala-
bama, Mr. ROKITA, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. RUNYAN, Mr. RUPPERS-
BERGER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. SCHRADER, 
Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, 
Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SIMPSON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 
SMITH of Texas, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. TERRY, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. TIER-
NEY, Mr. TIPTON, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. TURNER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 
WALZ, Mr. WATT, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WILSON of South 
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Carolina, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. YARMUTH, and Mr. YOUNG 
of Alaska) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Conservation Ease-
ment Incentive Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF QUALIFIED 
CONSERVATION CONTRIBUTIONS MADE PER-
MANENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) INDIVIDUALS.—Subparagraph (E) of sec-
tion 170(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to contributions of qualified conservation 
contributions) is amended by striking clause (vi). 
(2) CORPORATIONS.—Subparagraph (B) of sec-
tion 170(b)(2) of such Code (relating to qualified 
conservation contributions) is amended by striking 
clause (iii). 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to contributions made in taxable 
years beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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