WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Eminent domain

H.R. 5335, To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.06

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5335 would amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail....

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H.R. 6599, The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $1128.48

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6599 would make appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009....

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P.L. 110-289, The Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $523.06

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3221 would provide needed housing reform....

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H.R. 6348, The Eminent Domain Tax Relief Act of 2008

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6348 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain....

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H.R. 6219, The Private Property Rights Protection and Government Accountability Act

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6219 would authorize appropriations for the Department of Commerce and it would prohibit Federal economic development funds from going to States that carry out public takings for private purposes....

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H.R. 5820, The Traditional Use Protection Act of 2008

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5820 would authorize the Forest Service to provide financial assistance to States for the acquisition of land to preserve and maintain such land for traditional use by the public....

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H.R. 3074, The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $956.66

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....

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H.R. 3053, The Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2007

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3053 would protect private property rights....

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H.R. 3000, The Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3000 would establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery....

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H.R. 2643, The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $238.50

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2643 would make appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....

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H.R. 487, The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Amendments Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.02

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 487 would amend the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to provide compensation to members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for damage resulting from the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project....

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H.R. 926, The STOPP Act of 2007

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 926 would prohibit the provision of Federal economic development assistance for any State or locality that uses the power of eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or that fails to pay relocation costs to persons displaced by use of the power of eminent domain for economic development purposes....

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H.R. 809, To repeal section 216 of the Federal Power Act (as added by the Energy Policy Act of 2005) providing for the use of eminent domain authority for the construction of certain electric power lines, and for other purposes

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 809 would repeal section 216 of the Federal Power Act (as added by the Energy Policy Act of 2005) providing for the use of eminent domain authority for the construction of certain electric power lines....

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H.R. 810, The Protecting Communities from Power Line Abuse Act

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 810 would amend certain provisions of the Federal Power Act added by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 relating to the use of eminent domain authority for the construction of electric power lines....

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H.R. 829, The National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor Clarification Act

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 829 would amend the Federal Power Act to make certain changes in provisions relating to National Interest Transmission Corridors....

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H.R. 222, The Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 222 would promote the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, designate the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for recreational and grazing use and conservation and resource protection, and add certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in central Idaho to the National Wilderne...

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H.R. 110, The Eating Disorders Awareness, Prevention, and Education Act of 2007

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 110 would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to impose limitations on wetlands mitigation activities carried out through the condemnation of private property....

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S. 135, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire land for the purposes of expanding Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, and for other purposes

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 135 would authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire land for the purposes of expanding Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site....

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S. 48, The Private Property Rights Protection Act

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 48 would return meaning to the Fifth Amendment by limiting the power of eminent domain....

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S. 1535, The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Amendments Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $0.26

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1535 would amend the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act, which was enacted in 2000 to resolve a dispute between that tribe and the federal government. That act established a trust fund for the benefit of the tribe and specifies a schedule for federal deposits to the fund. S. 1535 would change the timing and amount of those deposits....

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H.R. 5386, The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $174.95

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5386 spends money for the operations and activities of Department of the Interior (except the Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Project), the Environmental Protection Agency, and other agencies such as the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (HHS), the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, the Commission of Fine Arts, the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality, the Forest Service (US...

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H.R. 4100, The Louisiana Recovery Corporation Act - Cost per Average Family: $98.63

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4100 would establish the Louisiana Recovery Corporation. This new federal agency would redevelop areas in Louisiana distressed by either Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita by acquiring real estate, improving the property, and selling it to developers. The Louisiana Recovery Corporation would be authorized to operate for 10 years. The corporation would be authorized to encourage people to return to areas of Louisiana that were devastated by those storms by providing grants of land and money...

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H.R. 3893, The Gasoline for America's Security Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $19.69

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3893 would authorize new programs and spending related to the supply and use of petroleum and other energy products. It would provide subsidies to small refiners, make certain federal lands available for siting new refineries, and revise the terms and procedures for approving these and other energy projects. The bill also would modify various standards in the Clean Air Act, direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue and enforce regulations regarding gasoline price gouging, and creat...

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