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October 22, 2005
HR 3405
House bill HR 3405 is very anti-eminent domain. It would block ANY federal funding, even to community block grants, if properties were aquired by eminent domain and then given over to private commercial development.
However, it will go through Rep. Richard Pombo's (R-CA, Dist 11) Resource Committee and he is likely to stick on something predictable, probably involving weakening the Endangered Species Act.
Stated Purpose: To prohibit the provision of Federal economic development assistance for any State or locality that uses the power of eminent domain power 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.
Posted by lumi at October 22, 2005 1:19 AM