I 
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 Pennsyl-
vania, 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. CLY-
BURN, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CONNOLLY of Vir-
ginia, 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. DIAZ- 
BALART, 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 Mas-
sachusetts, 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 Con-
necticut, 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. RAN-
GEL, 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 Cali-
fornia, 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. SHU-
STER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Wash-
ington, 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. THORN-
BERRY, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. TSON-
GAS, 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. WIL-
SON 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 re-
ferred 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Conservation Ease-
ment Incentive Act of 2011’’. 
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). 
(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. 
Æ 
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