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HRES 748 111th Congress House

Recognizing the importance of the property rights granted by the United States Constitution…

Official title: Recognizing the importance of the property rights granted by the United States Constitution; affirming the duty of each Member of this body to support and defe… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Recognizing the importance of the property rights granted by the United States Constitution; affirming the duty of each Member of this body to support and defend such rights; and asserting that no public body should unlawfully obtain the property of any citizen of the United States for the benefit of another private citizen or corporation.

Introduced: September 29, 2009 See on congress.gov
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Constitution and constitutional amendmentsProperty rights
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Oct 19, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Sep 17, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 17, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 19, 2009

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that all U.S. citizens should remain secure in the possession of private property and that no court, legislature, or executive shall, by predatory law or tyrannical force, obtain the property of any U.S. citizen for the benefit of another private citizen or corporation.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 1 Republican 4
Fallin, Mary
· Sep 30, 2009
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 29, 2009
Griffith, Parker
· Sep 25, 2009
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Sep 23, 2009
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Sep 17, 2009
 R
Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · Sep 17, 2009
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Sep 17, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 748: Recognizing the importance of the property rights granted by the United States Constitution; affirming the duty of each Member of this body to support and defend such rights; and asserting that no public body should unlawfully obtain the property of any citizen of the United States for the benefit of another private citizen or corporation.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-748/
MLA
"H. Res. 748: Recognizing the importance of the property rights granted by the United States Constitution; affirming the duty of each Member of this body to support and defend such rights; and asserting that no public body should unlawfully obtain the property of any citizen of the United States for the benefit of another private citizen or corporation.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-748/.
Bluebook (legal)
H. Res. 748, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-748/.
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[H. Res. 748: Recognizing the importance of the property rights granted by the United States Constitution; affirming the duty of each Member of this body to support and defend such rights; and asserting that no public body should unlawfully obtain the property of any citizen of the United States for the benefit of another private citizen or corporation.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-748/)
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