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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MEADOWS:H.R. 2713.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United StatesConstitution which reads:``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts, and providefor the common Defense and General Welfare of the UnitedStates; but all Duties and Imposts and Excises shall beuniform throughout the United States.'[Page H4598]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, any gain from the sale or grant of a qualified real property interest to a tax-exempt organization made exclusively for conservation purposes. Defines &quot;qualified real property interest&quot; as any interest in real property which is: (1) the entire interest of the taxpayer, (2) a remainder interest, or (3) a restriction (granted in perpetuity) on the use which may be made of the real property. Exempts such a sale or grant of a qualified real property interest from the application of estate tax property valuation rules.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013</title>
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