HRES 1264
110th Congress
House
Law
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Eminent domain
Government Operations and Politics
Legislation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Right of property
Supreme Court decisions
Expressing support for the private property rights protections guaranteed by the 5th Amendment to the Constitution on the 3rd anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision on Kelo v. City of New London.
Introduced: June 11, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 28, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Jun 11, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 11, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that state and local governments: (1) should only execute the power of eminent domain for the public good; (2) must always justly compensate affected individuals in accordance with the Fifth Amendment; (3) should never use eminent domain to advantage one private party over another; and (4) should not construe Kelo v. City of New London (Kelo) as justification to abuse the power of eminent domain.
Reserves to Congress the right to address through legislation any abuses of eminent domain by state and local government in light of Kelo.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1