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HOUSE 440116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Eminent Domain Just Compensation Act

Last Action
3/4/2019

Actions

  • 2019-03-04Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
  • 2019-02-04Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
  • 2019-01-10Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2019-01-10Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2019-01-10Introduced in House
  • 2019-01-10Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-01-10 (00)

Eminent Domain Just Compensation Act

This bill states that when the government seeks to obtain land or land rights essential to control or guard a U.S. land border, it may not take such land or land rights until a final judgment has been issued in a condemnation proceeding initiated under judicial process. The bill also transfers the authority to obtain such land rights from the Department of Justice to the Department of Homeland Security.

Subjects

  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Building construction
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Judicial procedure and administration
  • Land transfers
  • Property rights
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