HR 2807 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014

Introduced Jul 24, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Jim Gerlach R-PA

Latest action · Jun 26, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 367.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJul 24, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes. Makes this Act applicable to contributions made in taxable years beginning after 2013.

Cosponsors 221

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 24, 2013 to Jun 26, 2014; 134 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IL	Aaron Schock	Original	Jul 24, 2013
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Jul 24, 2013
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee	Original	Jul 24, 2013
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz	Original	Jul 24, 2013
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw	Original	Jul 24, 2013
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Jul 24, 2013
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Jul 24, 2013
R-GA	Austin Scott	Original	Jul 24, 2013
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jul 24, 2013
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Jul 24, 2013
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Jul 24, 2013
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Jul 24, 2013
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Original	Jul 24, 2013
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Original	Jul 24, 2013
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Original	Jul 24, 2013

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Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jul 24, 2013Markup May 29, 2014Reported Jun 26, 2014

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 26, 2014Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 113-494.
Jun 26, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 367.
May 29, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 29, 2014Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 14.
Jul 24, 2013Introduced in House
Jul 24, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1241	Sean Patrick Maloney D-NY	Jul 25, 2014

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 113-494

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jun 5, 2014H.R. 2807, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 29, 2014

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5051.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 526	Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2013	Related bill	Mar 12, 2013

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.
Short Titles as Introduced: Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2013
Short Titles as Reported to House: Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 26, 2014Reported in House
Jul 24, 2013Introduced in House

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