Act with respect to that property, may bring an action to 
enforce any provision of this Act in the appropriate Federal 
or State court. A State shall not be immune under the 11th 
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States from 
any such action in a Federal or State court of competent 
jurisdiction. In such action, the defendant has the burden 
to show by clear and convincing evidence that the taking 
is not for economic development. Any such property owner 
or tenant may also seek an appropriate relief through a 
preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON BRINGING ACTION.—An action 
brought by a property owner or tenant under this Act may 
be brought if the property is used for economic development 
following the conclusion of any condemnation proceedings 
condemning the property of such property owner or tenant, 
but shall not be brought later than seven years following 
the conclusion of any such proceedings. 
(c) ATTORNEYS’ FEE AND OTHER COSTS.—In any ac-
tion or proceeding under this Act, the court shall allow a 
prevailing plaintiff a reasonable attorneys’ fee as part of 
the costs, and include expert fees as part of the attorneys’ 
fee. 
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SEC. 5. REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS TO ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL. 
(a) SUBMISSION
OF REPORT
TO ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL.—Any (1) owner of private property whose property 
is subject to eminent domain who suffers injury as a result 
of a violation of any provision of this Act with respect to 
that property, or (2) any tenant of property that is subject 
to eminent domain who suffers injury as a result of a viola-
tion of any provision of this Act with respect to that prop-
erty, may report a violation by the Federal Government, 
any authority of the Federal Government, State, or political 
subdivision of a State to the Attorney General. 
(b) INVESTIGATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Upon 
receiving a report of an alleged violation, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall conduct an investigation to determine whether a 
violation exists. 
(c) NOTIFICATION
OF VIOLATION.—If the Attorney 
General concludes that a violation does exist, then the Attor-
ney General shall notify the Federal Government, authority 
of the Federal Government, State, or political subdivision 
of a State that the Attorney General has determined that 
it is in violation of the Act. The notification shall further 
provide that the Federal Government, State, or political 
subdivision of a State has 90 days from the date of the noti-
fication to demonstrate to the Attorney General either that 
(1) it is not in violation of the Act or (2) that it has cured 
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its violation by returning all real property the taking of 
which the Attorney General finds to have constituted a vio-
lation of the Act and replacing any other property destroyed 
and repairing any other property damaged as a result of 
such violation. 
(d) ATTORNEY GENERAL’S BRINGING OF ACTION TO 
ENFORCE ACT.—If, at the end of the 90-day period de-
scribed in subsection (c), the Attorney General determines 
that the Federal Government, authority of the Federal Gov-
ernment, State, or political subdivision of a State is still 
violating the Act or has not cured its violation as described 
in subsection (c), then the Attorney General will bring an 
action to enforce the Act unless the property owner or ten-
ant who reported the violation has already brought an ac-
tion to enforce the Act. In such a case, the Attorney General 
shall intervene if it determines that intervention is nec-
essary in order to enforce the Act. The Attorney General 
may file its lawsuit to enforce the Act in the appropriate 
Federal or State court. A State shall not be immune under 
the 11th Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States from any such action in a Federal or State court 
of competent jurisdiction. In such action, the defendant has 
the burden to show by clear and convincing evidence that 
the taking is not for economic development. The Attorney 
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General may seek any appropriate relief through a prelimi-
nary injunction or a temporary restraining order. 
(e) LIMITATION
ON BRINGING ACTION.—An action 
brought by the Attorney General under this Act may be 
brought if the property is used for economic development 
following the conclusion of any condemnation proceedings 
condemning the property of an owner or tenant who reports 
a violation of the Act to the Attorney General, but shall 
not be brought later than seven years following the conclu-
sion of any such proceedings. 
(f) ATTORNEYS’ FEE AND OTHER COSTS.—In any ac-
tion or proceeding under this Act brought by the Attorney 
General, the court shall, if the Attorney General is a pre-
vailing plaintiff, award the Attorney General a reasonable 
attorneys’ fee as part of the costs, and include expert fees 
as part of the attorneys’ fee. 
SEC. 6. NOTIFICATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. 
(a) NOTIFICATION TO STATES AND POLITICAL SUB-
DIVISIONS.— 
(1) Not later than 30 days after the enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall provide to the 
chief executive officer of each State the text of this Act 
and a description of the rights of property owners 
and tenants under this Act. 
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(2) Not later than 120 days after the enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall compile a list 
of the Federal laws under which Federal economic de-
velopment funds are distributed. The Attorney Gen-
eral shall compile annual revisions of such list as nec-
essary. Such list and any successive revisions of such 
list shall be communicated by the Attorney General to 
the chief executive officer of each State and also made 
available on the Internet website maintained by the 
United States Department of Justice for use by the 
public and by the authorities in each State and polit-
ical subdivisions of each State empowered to take pri-
vate property and convert it to public use subject to 
just compensation for the taking. 
(b) NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND TEN-
ANTS.—Not later than 30 days after the enactment of this 
Act, the Attorney General shall publish in the Federal Reg-
ister and make available on the Internet website main-
tained by the United States Department of Justice a notice 
containing the text of this Act and a description of the 
rights of property owners and tenants under this Act. 
SEC. 7. REPORTS. 
(a) BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every subsequent 
year thereafter, the Attorney General shall transmit a re-
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port identifying States or political subdivisions that have 
used eminent domain in violation of this Act to the Chair-
man and Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judici-
ary of the House of Representatives and to the Chairman 
and Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate. The report shall— 
(1) identify all private rights of action brought 
as a result of a State’s or political subdivision’s viola-
tion of this Act; 
(2) identify all violations reported by property 
owners and tenants under section 5(c) of this Act; 
(3) identify the percentage of minority residents 
compared to the surrounding nonminority residents 
and the median incomes of those impacted by a viola-
tion of this Act; 
(4) identify all lawsuits brought by the Attorney 
General under section 5(d) of this Act; 
(5) identify all States or political subdivisions 
that have lost Federal economic development funds as 
a result of a violation of this Act, as well as describe 
the type and amount of Federal economic development 
funds lost in each State or political subdivision and 
the Agency that is responsible for withholding such 
funds; and 
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