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HRES 575 111th Congress House

Expressing support for the private property rights protections guaranteed by the 5th Amendment to the Constitution on the 4th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision of Kelo v. City of New London.

Introduced: June 23, 2009 See on congress.gov
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Constitution and constitutional amendmentsProperty rightsState and local government operations
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Jul 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Jun 23, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 23, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 23, 2009

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 1 Republican 6
Fallin, Mary
· Jun 23, 2009
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Jun 23, 2009
 R
Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · Jun 23, 2009
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jun 23, 2009
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Jun 23, 2009
 R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Jun 23, 2009
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jun 23, 2009
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 23, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 575: Expressing support for the private property rights protections guaranteed by the 5th Amendment to the Constitution on the 4th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision of Kelo v. City of New London.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-575/
MLA
"H. Res. 575: Expressing support for the private property rights protections guaranteed by the 5th Amendment to the Constitution on the 4th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision of Kelo v. City of New London.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-575/.
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H. Res. 575, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-575/.
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[H. Res. 575: Expressing support for the private property rights protections guaranteed by the 5th Amendment to the Constitution on the 4th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision of Kelo v. City of New London.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-575/)
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