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HRES 575 111th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Constitution and constitutional amendments Property rights State and local government operations

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
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
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Became law
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
 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.

What's happening now July 23, 2009

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

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