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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 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 July 28, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 11, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1264: 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.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1264/
MLA
"H. Res. 1264: 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.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1264/.
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H. Res. 1264, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1264/.
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[H. Res. 1264: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1264/)
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