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Union Calendar No. 669 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3062 
[Report No. 114–856, Part I] 
To prohibit the use of eminent domain in carrying out certain projects. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2015 
Mr. WOMACK (for himself, Mr. HILL, Mr. CRAWFORD, and Mr. WESTERMAN) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 8, 2016 
Reported and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce for a pe-
riod ending not later than December 8, 2016, for consideration of such 
provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pur-
suant to clause 1(f) of rule X 
DECEMBER 8, 2016 
The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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A BILL 
To prohibit the use of eminent domain in carrying out 
certain projects. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assuring Private Prop-
erty Rights Over Vast Access to Land Act’’ or the ‘‘AP-
PROVAL Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EMINENT DOMAIN FOR CERTAIN 
PROJECTS. 
Section 1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16421) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) 
as subsections (f) through (i), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON EMINENT DOMAIN.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law (including regula-
tions), the Secretary, SWPA, and WAPA may not carry 
out any Project under this section through the use of emi-
nent domain, unless the use of eminent domain is explic-
itly authorized by— 
‘‘(1) the Governor and the head of each applica-
ble public utility commission or public service com-
mission of the affected State; and 
‘‘(2) the head of the governing body of each In-
dian tribe the land of which would be affected. 
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‘‘(e) SITING REQUIREMENT.—To the maximum ex-
tent practicable, a Project carried out under this section 
shall be sited on— 
‘‘(1) an existing Federal right-of-way; or 
‘‘(2) Federal land managed by— 
‘‘(A) the Bureau of Land Management; 
‘‘(B) the Forest Service; 
‘‘(C) the Bureau of Reclamation; or 
‘‘(D) the Corps of Engineers.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 669 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3062 
[Report No. 114–856, Part I] 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of eminent domain in carrying 
out certain projects. 
DECEMBER 8, 2016 
Reported and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce for a period ending not later than December 
8, 2016, for consideration of such provisions of the bill 
as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursu-
ant to clause 1(f) of rule X 
DECEMBER 8, 2016 
The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; 
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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