HRES 575 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

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 Jun 23, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Phil Gingrey R-GA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 23, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 23, 2009
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 28

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2009 to Jul 24, 2009, with 27 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEAdrian SmithOriginalJun 23, 2009
R-CABrian P. BilbrayOriginalJun 23, 2009
R-FLConnie MackOriginalJun 23, 2009
R-CADana RohrabacherOriginalJun 23, 2009
R-CADevin NunesOriginalJun 23, 2009
R-CODoug LambornOriginalJun 23, 2009
R-PAGlenn ThompsonOriginalJun 23, 2009
R-ALJo BonnerOriginalJun 23, 2009
R-TXJohn Abney CulbersonOriginalJun 23, 2009
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalJun 23, 2009
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalJun 23, 2009
R-GALynn A. WestmorelandOriginalJun 23, 2009
R-OKMary FallinOriginalJun 23, 2009
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalJun 23, 2009
R-IDMichael K. SimpsonOriginalJun 23, 2009
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 23, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
  2. Jun 23, 2009Introduced in House
  3. Jun 23, 2009Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HRES 1471Expressing support for the private property rights protections guaranteed by the 5th Amendment to the Constitution on the 5th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision of Kelo v. City of New London.Identical billJul 26, 2010

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  1. Jun 23, 2009Introduced in House

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