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H.R. 3524
“Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act”
Introduced by Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Representative John Salazar
(D-CO) on July 31,2009, the bill has been referred to the House Committee on Ways
and Means.
The bill would set exclusions from estate taxes for certain farmland and related assets
so long as family farmland use continues. Additionally, the value of an estate would not
include the value of land in qualified conservation easements.