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<item congress="114" measure-type="hr" measure-number="641" measure-id="id114hr641" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2015-02-02" update-date="2015-02-18">
<title>Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015</title>
<summary summary-id="id114hr641v17" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2015-02-18">
<action-date>2015-02-09</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to House amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent after 2014 the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes. </p> <p>The bill also allows a tax deduction for conservation contributions made by a Native Corporation of land conveyed under the Alaska Claims Settlement Act.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id114hr641v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2015-02-18">
<action-date>2015-02-02</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes, and (2) allow Native Corporations an increased tax deduction for donations of conservation easements related to lands conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. </p>]]></summary-text>
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