United States · Bill · S
S. 499 (105th)
American Farm and Ranch Protection Act of 1997
Introduced
20 March 1997
Last action
20 March 1997 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI], Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT], Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH], Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY], Sen. Warner, John [R-VA], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
21 August 2025
Summary
American Farm and Ranch Protection Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross estate, if elected by the executor, the value of land subject to a qualified conservation easement, except for any debt-financed portion. Provides for the treatment of any retained development right. Adds references to such property to provisions controlling the basis of property acquired from a decedent. Prohibits treating the transfer by gift of land subject to a qualified conservation easement as a transfer of property by gift for purposes of provisions relating to gift taxes. Amends provisions relating to the valuation of certain farm and other real property to prohibit a qualified conservation contribution (as defined in provisions relating to charitable contributions) from being deemed a disposition unless it is subject to a conservation easement. Declares that, if property is otherwise qualified real property, being subject to a conservation easement does not disqualify it. Allows a contribution to be treated as exclusively for conservation purposes if the surface estate and mineral interests have been and remain separated (currently, if the surface estate and mineral interests were separated before June 13, 1976, and remain separated) and if the probability of surface mining is so remote as to be negligible.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
20 March 1997
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2670)
Source: IntroReferral
20 March 1997
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
20 March 1997
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 20 March 1997 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 20 March 1997
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 20 March 1997
ViewDownloadOpen at official source
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 20 March 1997
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Sponsors
- Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/499
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/499
- us · 105-s-499 · source updated 21 August 2025