S. 330: Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-02 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-02 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015

Plain summary

Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015 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.

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Official text

Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015

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Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · 51 cosponsors

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Steve Daines (R-MT), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), James E. Risch (R-ID), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jack Reed (D-RI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), John Boozman (R-AR), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), John Thune (R-SD), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Patty Murray (D-WA), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s330.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s330 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114