Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) has introduced legislation in the US House seeking to prevent state and local governments from using eminent domain for economic development. The "Private Property Rights Protection Act" would prevent a state or political subdivision of a state from obtaining federal economic funds for two fiscal years if it uses its eminent domain power to transfer private property to other private parties for the purpose of economic development. The bill was first introduced in 2005 in the wake of the Kelo case.
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