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Federal
Statutes
Proposed
Eminent Domain Legislation
| Bill
No.: |
HR
4772 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
Steve Chabot |
| Summary: |
To
simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for injured
parties whose rights and privileges under the United States
Constitution have been deprived by final actions of Federal
agencies or other government officials or entities acting under
color of State law, and for other purposes.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Committees: |
House
Judiciary |
| Bill
No.: |
H.RES.340 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
Phil Gingrey |
| Summary: |
Expressing
the grave disapproval of the House of Representatives regarding
the majority opinion of the Supreme Court in the case of Kelo
et al. v. City of New London et al. that nullifies the protections
afforded private property owners in the Takings Clause of the
Fifth Amendment.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Committees: |
House
Judiciary |
| Bill
No.: |
H.J.RES.60 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep
Robert B. Aderholt |
| Summary: |
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating
to the permissible uses for which private property may be taken.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Committees: |
House
Judiciary |
| Bill
No.: |
H.R.2980 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
Thomas G. Tancredo |
| Summary: |
To
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the nonrecognition
of gain on real property which is involuntarily converted as
the result of the exercise of eminent domain, without regard
to whether such property is replaced.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Committees: |
House
Ways and Means |
| Bill
No.: |
H.R.3083 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
Dennis R. Rehberg |
| Summary: |
To
protect homes, small businesses, and other private property
rights, by limiting the power of eminent domain.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Committees: |
House
Judiciary |
| Bill
No.: |
H.R.3087 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
Phil Gingrey |
| Summary: |
To
protect homes, small businesses, and other private property
rights, by limiting the power of eminent domain.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Related
Bills: |
H.R.3083,
S.1313 |
| Committees: |
House
Judiciary |
| Bill
No.: |
H.R.3268 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
Phil Gingrey |
| Summary: |
To
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross
income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent
domain.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Committees: |
House
Ways and Means |
| Bill
No.: |
H.R.3315 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
Maxine Waters |
| Summary: |
To
amend title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974 to withhold community development block grant funds from
States and communities that do not prohibit the use of the power
of eminent domain that involves the taking of the property from
private persons for commercial or economic development purposes
and transfer of the property to other private persons.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Committees: |
House
Financial Services |
| Bill
No.: |
H.R.3405 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
Henry Bonilla |
| Summary: |
To
prohibit the provision of Federal economic development assistance
for any State or locality that uses the power of eminent domain
power to obtain property for private commercial development
or that fails to pay relocation costs to persons displaced by
use of the power of eminent domain for economic development
purposes.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Committees: |
House
Agriculture; House Transportation and Infrastructure; House
Financial Services; House Resources; House Education and the
Workforce |
| Bill
No.: |
H.R.3631 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
Joel Hefley |
| Summary: |
To
limit the States use of eminent domain.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Committees: |
House
Transportation and Infrastructure; House Financial Services |
| Bill
No.: |
H.R.4088 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
Frank Pallone, Jr. |
| Summary: |
To
impose limitations on the use of eminent domain for purposes
of economic development.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Committees: |
House
Judiciary; House Financial Services |
| Bill
No.: |
H.R.4128 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. |
| Summary: |
To
protect private property rights.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Related
Bills: |
H.RES.527 |
| Committees: |
House
Judiciary; Senate Judiciary |
| Bill
No.: |
H.AMDT.406
to H.R.3058 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
Phil Gingrey |
| Summary: |
An
amendment numbered 1 printed in the Congressional Record to
prohibit the use of funds from being made available to provide
assistance under the community development block grant for any
private economic development project involving the obtaining
of property by the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
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| Bill
No.: |
H.AMDT.616
to H.R.4128 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
Melvin L. Watt |
| Summary: |
Amendment
sought to delete all sections of the bill and retain only the
language expressing the sense of Congress recognizing the importance
of property rights and that in the aftermath of the Kelo decision
abuses of eminent domain power may occur. |
| Bill
No.: |
S.1313 |
| Sponsor: |
Sen.
John Cornyn |
| Summary: |
A
bill to protect homes, small businesses, and other private property
rights, by limiting the power of eminent domain.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Related
Bills: |
H.R.3083,
H.R.3087 |
| Committees: |
Senate Judiciary |
| Bill
No.: |
S.1704 |
| Sponsor: |
Sen.
Byron L. Dorgan |
| Summary: |
A
bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the taking of
property by eminent domain for economic development..
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Committees: |
Senate Judiciary |
| Bill
No.: |
S.1883 |
| Sponsor: |
Sen.
Orrin G. Hatch |
| Summary: |
A
bill to amend the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to assist property owners and
Federal agencies in resolving disputes relating to private property.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Committees: |
Senate Environment and Public Works |
| Bill
No.: |
S.1895 |
| Sponsor: |
Sen.
John Ensign |
| Summary: |
A
bill to return meaning to the Fifth Amendment by limiting the
power of eminent domain.
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here for text of bill as introduced. |
| Committees: |
Senate Finance |
| Bill
No.: |
H.AMDT.608
to H.R.4128 |
| Sponsor: |
Rep.
Jerrold Nadler |
| Summary: |
Amendment
sought to allow a property owner to go to court before a property
is taken in order to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief. |
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