is not for economic development. Any such property owner 
may also seek any appropriate relief through a preliminary 
injunction or a temporary restraining order. 
(b) LIMITATION ON BRINGING ACTION.—An action 
brought under this Act may be brought if the property 
is used for economic development following the conclusion 
of any condemnation proceedings condemning the private 
property of such property owner, but shall not be brought 
later than seven years following the conclusion of any such 
proceedings and the subsequent use of such condemned 
property for economic development. 
(c) ATTORNEYS’ FEE AND OTHER COSTS.—In any 
action 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 attor-
neys’ fee. 
SEC. 5. 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 own-
ers under this Act.
(2) Not later than 120 days after the enact-
ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall compile 
a list of the Federal laws under which Federal eco-
nomic development funds are distributed. The Attor-
ney General shall compile annual revisions of such 
list as necessary. Such list and any successive revi-
sions of such list shall be communicated by the At-
torney General to the chief executive officer of each 
State and also made available on the Internet 
website maintained by the United States Depart-
ment of Justice for use by the public and by the au-
thorities in each State and political subdivisions of 
each State empowered to take private property and 
convert it to public use subject to just compensation 
for the taking. 
(b) NOTIFICATION
TO PROPERTY OWNERS.—Not 
later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
Attorney General shall publish in the Federal Register and 
make available on the Internet website maintained by the 
United States Department of Justice a notice containing 
the text of this Act and a description of the rights of prop-
erty owners under this Act. 
SEC. 6. REPORT. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and every subsequent year thereafter, the At-
torney General shall transmit a report identifying States 
or political subdivisions that have used eminent domain 
in violation of this Act to the Chairman and Ranking 
Member of the Committee on the Judiciary 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 vio-
lation of this Act; 
(2) 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 de-
scribe the type and amount of Federal economic de-
velopment funds lost in each State or political sub-
division and the Agency that is responsible for with-
holding such funds; 
(3) discuss all instances in which a State or po-
litical subdivision has cured a violation as described 
in section 2(c) of this Act. 
SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING RURAL AMERICA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The founders realized the fundamental im-
portance of property rights when they codified the 
Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Con-