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HR 3135 109th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Economic development Economics and Public Finance Eminent domain Federal aid programs Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Intergovernmental fiscal relations Landowners Public Lands and Natural Resources Right of property

Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005

Introduced: June 30, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 21, 2005
Subcommittee on the Constitution Discharged.
Jul 11, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jun 30, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 30, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005 - Prohibits a state or political subdivision from using economic development as a reason for exercising its power of eminent domain if federal funds would contribute in any way to: (1) the project for which eminent domain is exercised; or (2) the exercise and enforcement of eminent domain over the project. Renders a state or political subdivision that violations this prohibition ineligible for any such federal funds and directs the federal agency involved to withhold those funds.

Prohibits the federal government from using economic development as a reason for exercising eminent domain.

Defines "economic development" to mean any activity other than making private property available in substantial part for use by the general public or by an entity that makes the property available for use by the general public, or as a public facility, or to remove harmful effects.

What's happening now October 21, 2005

Subcommittee on the Constitution Discharged.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4128 Related bill Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005
  • S 3873 Related bill Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2006
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 2 Republican 13
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Sep 8, 2005
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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Sep 6, 2005
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Green, Al
Texas · Jul 27, 2005
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jul 27, 2005
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jul 18, 2005
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 14, 2005
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Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Jun 30, 2005
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jun 30, 2005
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Jun 30, 2005
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Jun 30, 2005
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Jun 30, 2005
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McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Jun 30, 2005
Rodgers, Cathy
· Jun 30, 2005
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Jun 30, 2005
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 30, 2005
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jun 30, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3135: Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3135/
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"H.R. 3135: Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3135/.
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H.R. 3135, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3135/.
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