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Combating Climate Change Through Individual Action Act of 2008

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for carbon sequestration.

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4/22/2008--Introduced.
Combating Climate Change Through Individual Action Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for:
(1) 30% of carbon sequestration and soil conservation expenditures made by taxpayers engaged in the business of farming; >(2) 10% of qualifying planting expenditures, including expenditures for the purchase and planting of any tree, plant, shrub, or bush, and the purchase and installation of a vegetated roof system;
(3) the conversion of cropland to pasture for grazing purposes or to grassland or rangeland; and
(4) certain types of reforestation and afforestation of land.


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April 21, 2008 Introduced Bill: HR5858

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for carbon sequestration.

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Source: Open Congress : Rep. Leonard Boswell [D, IA-3]


April 21, 2008 Bill Action: Introduced: HR 5858: To amend the Internal Revenue ...

Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA] introduced HR 5858: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for carbon sequestration. [This event matched these trackers: Active Legislation ]

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April 21, 2008 HR 5858, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide ...

HR 5858 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for carbon sequestration.... Vote on This Bill: For | Against.

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