I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1831 
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 
MARCH 31, 2009 
Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 
ETHERIDGE, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. KIND, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. 
ROSKAM, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. BACHUS, 
Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 
BOOZMAN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. 
CARNAHAN, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 
CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, 
Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DENT, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART 
of Florida, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GERLACH, Ms. 
GIFFORDS, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. HASTINGS of 
Florida, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KING of New 
York, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. KRATOVIL, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. 
LUMMIS, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. 
MARKEY of Colorado, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MCNERNEY, 
Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 
California, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. PATRICK J. 
MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. OLVER, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. PERRIELLO, 
Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. PITTS, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Mr. PRICE 
of North Carolina, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. PAUL, Mr. ROSS, Mr. SALAZAR, 
Mr. SCHAUER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. SHULER, Mrs. TAUSCHER, 
Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. 
WOLF, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
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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 2009’’. 
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 
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years beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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