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Is Gluesenkamp Perez backing a bill to remove capital-gains tax on family-farm transfers?

Matches stated record claim. She is an original cosponsor of H.R.8591. It proposes a qualifying family-farm transfer exclusion and has not become law.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Capital gains on family-farm transfers

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In the October 13 KATU debate, Gluesenkamp Perez said she was leading a bill to end capital-gains tax on family farms.

What the record shows ·

She is an original cosponsor of H.R. 8591, introduced April 30, 2026. It would exclude gains from sales or exchanges of qualified farm property to qualified family members. The bill remains in the House Ways and Means Committee.

Limit: Thomas Massie is the named sponsor. This is a proposed income-tax exclusion for qualifying transfers, not an enacted repeal of federal estate tax.

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  1. KATU debate, October 13: Capital gains on family-farm transfershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtDqJEAdAEs&t=512s

    KATU News · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Paraphrased from saved English native captions; no second independent transcript. Raw capture association and hash recorded in the dated note.

    candidate statement

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  2. H.R.8591, No Capital Gains Tax on Family Farms Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8591

    Congress.gov · Published Apr 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    GovInfo BillStatus and Congress.gov API checked October 22: Massie sponsor; Gluesenkamp Perez original cosponsor April 30; latest action referral to Ways and Means; no laws on record.

    official legislative record

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  3. H.R.8591 introduced texthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr8591ih/html/BILLS-119hr8591ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Apr 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Section 2 proposes an income exclusion for qualifying farm-property sales/exchanges to family members, with basis rules.

    official legislative record

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