US Congress House Resolution 329 (Prior Session Legislation)

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August 25 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) state and local governments should only execute the power of eminent domain for the public good; (2) state and local governments must always justly compensate affected individuals in accordance with the Fifth Amendment; (3) eminent domain should never be used to advantage one private party over another; (4) no state or local government should construe Kelo v. City of New London (Kelo) as justification to abuse the power of eminent domain; and (5) Congress reserves the right to address, through legislation, any abuses of eminent domain by state and local governments in light of Kelo.

Expressing support for the private property rights protections guaranteed by the 5th Amendment to the Constitution on the 6th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision of Kelo v. City of New London.

Rep Gingrey, Phil	Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G.	Rep Bono Mack, Mary	Rep Broun, Paul C.
Rep Culberson, John Abney	Rep Denham, Jeff	Rep Johnson, Timothy V.	Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.
Rep King, Steve	Rep Mack, Connie	Rep Thompson, Glenn	Rep Webster, Daniel
Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2011-06-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HE00329:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hres329ih/pdf/BILLS-112hres329ih.pdf