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.

Summary

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 .

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Timeline

1. 11 June 2008

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 11 June 2008

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 11 June 2008

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 28 July 2008

   Referred

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

   Source: Committee

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Sponsors

• Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · R · Sponsor
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