I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1831 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 referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2009.

2.

Special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions made permanent

(a)

In general

(1)

Individuals

Subparagraph (E) of section 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 section 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 years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.