Eminent domain bill [US House]

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Eminent domain bill [US House]

November 3, 2005 10:40:00 pm

An Act to Protect Private Property Rights, passed in the US House of Representatives, November 3, 2005 [bill that would strip state and local governments of federal funding if they use eminent domain to transfer privately owned land to commercial interests]. Read the full text of the bill here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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