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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