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

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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  • 04/22/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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File name Last Updated
H.R.5858 Introduced in House04/24/2008