Easement Incentive Cosponsors in the 111th Congress

An amazing 128 Representatives have signed on as cosponsors of H.R. 1831! Senate legislation, S. 812, now has 18 cosponsors. Scroll down below to see if your Senators and Representatives have signed-on in the new congress.

Representatives can cosponsor the Conservation Easement Incentive Act, H.R. 1831, by calling Jonathan Birdsong in the office of Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) or Wyatt Stewart in the office of Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA).
Senators can cosponsor the Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act, S. 812, introduced by Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) by calling Jo-Ellen Darcy at 4-3247.

Click here for a detailed cosponsor map.

House: Cosponsors of the Conservation Easement Incentive Act
Senate: Cosponsors of the Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act
Members of Leadership or Key Committees

House: Cosponsors of the Conservation Easement Incentive Act, H.R. 1831

LEAD SPONSORS:

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA/1st)*
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA/7th)*

COSPONSORS (128 total, Alphabetical):

Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA/4th)
Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY/24th)
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL/6th)
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI/2nd)
Rep. John Barrow (D-GA/12th)
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV/1st)*
Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY/1st)
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN/7th)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR/3rd)*
Rep. John Boozman (R-AR/3rd)
Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK/2nd)
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA/9th)
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX/8th)*
Rep. Henry Brown (R-SC/1st)
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN/5th)
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA/23rd)
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA/18th)
Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO/3rd)
Rep. Chris Carney (D-PA/10th)
Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY/6th)
Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC/6th)
Rep. Michael Conaway (R-TX/11th)
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA/11th)
Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA/20th)
Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT/2nd)
Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY/7th)*
Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA/3rd)
Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL/7th)*
Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA/9th)
Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA/10th)
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT/3rd)
Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA/15th)
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL/21st)
Rep. John Dingell (D-MI/15th)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX/25th)*
Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI/3rd)
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN/5th)
Rep. Elliot Engel (D-NY/17th)
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA/14th)
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC/2nd)*
Rep. John Fleming (R-LA/4th)
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE/1st)
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ/11th)
Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA/6th)
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ/8th)
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA/6th)
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ/7th)
Rep. John Hall (D-NY/19th)
Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS/3rd)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL/23rd)
Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY/27th)*
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY/22nd)
Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI/2nd)
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ/12th)
Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA/15th)
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY/2nd)
Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS/2nd)
Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI/8th)
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI/1st)
Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI/5th)
Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI/3rd)*
Rep. Peter King (R-NY/3rd)
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ/1st)
Rep. Larry Kissell (D-NC/8th)
Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD/1st)
Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI/2nd)
Rep. John Larson (D-CT/1st)*
Rep. Robert Latta (R-OH/5th)
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY/18th)
Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY/At-large)
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA/3rd)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY/14th)
Rep. Betsy Markey (D-CO/4th)
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX/10th)
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI/11th)
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA/7th)*
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC/7th)
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA/11th)
Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME/2nd)
Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC/13th)
Rep. George Miller (D-CA/7th)
Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-AZ/5th)
Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA/8th)
Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT/5th)
Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA/8th)
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA/21st)*
Rep. Glenn Nye (D-VA/2nd)
Rep. John Olver (D-MA/1st)
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX/14th)
Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN/3rd)
Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA/5th)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME/1st)
Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA/16th)
Rep. Todd Russell Platts (R-PA/19th)
Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO/2nd)
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND/At-Large)*
Rep. David Price (D-NC/4th)
Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL/12th)
Rep. George Radanovich (R-CA/19th)
Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT/At-large)
Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL/16th)
Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL/6th)*
Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR/4th)
Rep. Steven Rothman (D-NJ/9th)
Rep. John Salazar (D-CO/3rd)
Rep. Mark Schauer (D-MI/7th)
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA/29th)
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA/13th)*
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA/3rd)
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA/7th)
Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC/11th)
Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID/2nd)
Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE/3rd)
Rep. Zack Space (D-OH/18th)
Rep. John Tanner (D-TN/8th)*
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA/10th)
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX/13th)
Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN/1st)
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA/30th)
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY/9th)
Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT/At-large)
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC/2nd)
Rep. Robert Wittman (R-VA/1st)
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA/10th)
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA/6th)
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY/3rd)*

* Members of the Ways & Means Committee

If your Representative isn't listed we need your help asking them to sign on! Please click here for fact sheets, templates and advice.

If your Representative is listed, we need your help saying thank you! Click here for a dozen ways to say thank you.

Senate: Cosponsors of the Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act, S. 812

LEAD SPONSORS:

Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)*
Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA)*

COSPONSORS (18 total, Alphabetical):

Senator Richard Burr (R-NC)
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)*
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY)*
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)*
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)
Senator Jim Risch (R-ID)
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)*
Senator John Thune (R-SD)
Senator Tom Udall (D-NM)
Senator Jim Webb (D-VA)
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

* Members of the Finance Committee

Please click here for last year's Senate cosponsors.

Members of Leadership and Key Committees

The members of leadership and the tax writing committees have a lot of influence over conservation tax incentives. For the most current information please visit these websites.

Members of key tax-writing committees:

Members of Leadership:

House and Senate Leadership Roster

Don't see your member of Congress? That's okay! Please still contact them anyway and ask them to support the legislation and become a cosponsor of the bill. If they do not know about your land trust or about land conservation, let them know!

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