The bill addresses the controversial Supreme Court decision in the 2005 case Kelo v. City of New London, which expanded the eminent domain power granted by the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution. In Kelo, the Court ruled that “economic development” can be justified as a “public use” under the Constitution’s Takings Clause.
To combat this expansion of power, H.R. 1689 would make any state or locality that uses the economic development justification for eminent domain ineligible from receiving federal economic development funds for two years. This creates a major incentive for governments to respect the private property rights of its citizens.
Additionally, the legislation bars the federal government from exercising eminent domain powers for the purposes of economic development.
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SUPPORT PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS – CALL YOUR U.S. SENATOR TODAY
Our right to own private property is one of the most fundamental rights of Americans. That right is supported by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution allowing the government to take private property for public use with just compensation. Those rights have been threatened since the 2005 US Supreme Court decision in Kelo vs. City of New London. In a narrow decision, the court allowed the taking of private property for economic development. The decision was widely criticized and since then, 46 states have enacted new laws to protect private property rights.
On July 23, 2018, the US House of Representatives voted UNANIMOUSLY to pass H.R. 1689, the Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2017. The bill would prohibit state or local government from exercising its eminent domain authority for economic development. This is a bi-partisan issue – supported by both Republicans and Democrats alike. This legislation has been introduced in every legislative session since the Kelo decision in 2005 but when it has made it to a vote in the House, it died in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Below is a list of all Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee. If your state is on the list, please call one or both of your Senators and ask them to bring the Private Property Rights Protection Act to a vote. (Or just call each of them anyway - it can't hurt!)
Don’t let them get away with claiming to support private property rights while failing to support efforts to strengthen laws to protect those rights. I have also included contact information for Wisconsin Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson. Please call them and ask them to help get H.R. 1689 signed into law.
This literally will take you less than five minutes but could impact you and your family for generations. Thank you.
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Arizona / Jeff Flake (202) 224-4521
California / Dianne Feinstein (202) 224-3841
California / Kamala Harris (202) 224-3553
Connecticut / Richard Blumenthal (202) 224-2823
Delaware / Christopher Coons (202) 224-5042
Hawaii / Mazie Hirono (202) 224-6361
Idaho / Mike Crapo (202) 224-6142
Illinois / Dick Durbin (202) 224-2152
Iowa / Chuck Grassley (202) 224-3744
Louisiana / John Kennedy (202) 224-4623
Minnesota / Amy Klobuchar (202) 224-3244
Nebraska / Ben Sasse (202) 224-4224
New Jersey / Cory Booker (202) 224-3224
North Carolina / Thom Tillis (202) 224-6342
Rhode Island / Sheldon Whitehouse (202) 224-2921
South Carolina / Lindsey Graham (202) 224-3808
Texas / John Cornyn (202) 224-2934
Texas / Ted Cruz (202) 224-5922
Utah / Orrin Hatch (202) 224-5251
Utah / Michael Lee (202) 224-5444
Vermont / Patrick Leahy (202) 224-4242
WISCONSIN SENATORS
Tammy Baldwin (202) 224-5653
Ron Johnson (202) 224-5323
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