Introduce the Historic Preservation and Land Conservation Certainty Act to create a time-limited settlement initiative for conservation easement cases and clear the Tax Court backlog.

Mike Carey · Ohio · Republican

policy impact 0.56 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 96%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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introduced the Historic Preservation and Land Conservation Certainty Act to end the multi-year backlog of litigation surrounding the conservation easement program

Carey says he introduced legislation to resolve conservation easement disputes through a streamlined settlement program and reduce the Tax Court backlog.

Carey Conservation Easement Settlement Implements SECURE 2.0 Reforms and Furthers Congressional Historic Preservation Goals | Representative Mike Carey
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Evidence

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GovInfo lists H.R. 9398 as introduced in the House by Mike Carey and referred to Ways and Means on June 23, 2026.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official GPO/GovInfo bill metadata confirms Carey introduced H.R. 9398, titled the Historic Preservation and Land Conservation Certainty Act, in the 119th Congress. The full title says it would provide an election to resolve open partnership controversies involving conservation easement donations. No newer official action was found in the September 3-5, 2026 lookback window.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R. 9398 (IH) - Historic Preservation and Land Conservation Certainty Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%

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The bill text names the Historic Preservation and Land Conservation Certainty Act and defines a 180-day election period after enactment.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text matches the promised substance: it creates an election for eligible conservation contributions with open matters, uses settlement amounts and limitation amounts, and makes the settlement election effective on filing with required remittance. This substantiates that the introduced bill targeted a time-limited settlement initiative for conservation easement cases.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R. 9398 Introduced in House Bill Text
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

Carey fulfilled the promise because the promised action was to introduce the Historic Preservation and Land Conservation Certainty Act, not necessarily secure enactment. Official bill metadata and bill text show that he introduced H.R. 9398 in the House on June 23, 2026, during his current House term, and the bill’s substance matches the promised time-limited conservation easement settlement initiative.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%