SEC. 12. BROAD CONSTRUCTION. 
This Act shall be construed in favor of a broad protec-
tion of private property rights, to the maximum extent per-
mitted by the terms of this Act and the Constitution. 
SEC. 13. LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to supersede, 
limit, or otherwise affect any provision of the Uniform Relo-
cation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies 
Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.). 
SEC. 14. RELIGIOUS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON STATES.—No State or political 
subdivision of a State shall exercise its power of eminent 
domain, or allow the exercise of such power by any person 
or entity to which such power has been delegated, over prop-
erty of a religious or other nonprofit organization by reason 
of the nonprofit or tax-exempt status of such organization, 
or any quality related thereto if that State or political sub-
division receives Federal economic development funds dur-
ing any fiscal year in which it does so. 
(b) INELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL FUNDS.—A violation 
of subsection (a) by a State or political subdivision shall 
render such State or political subdivision ineligible for any 
Federal economic development funds for a period of 2 fiscal 
years following a final judgment on the merits by a court 
of competent jurisdiction that such subsection has been vio-
lated, and any Federal agency charged with distributing 
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those funds shall withhold them for such 2-year period, and 
any such funds distributed to such State or political sub-
division shall be returned or reimbursed by such State or 
political subdivision to the appropriate Federal agency or 
authority of the Federal Government, or component thereof. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.—The 
Federal Government or any authority of the Federal Gov-
ernment shall not exercise its power of eminent domain over 
property of a religious or other nonprofit organization by 
reason of the nonprofit or tax-exempt status of such organi-
zation, or any quality related thereto. 
SEC. 15. REPORT BY FEDERAL AGENCIES ON REGULATIONS 
AND PROCEDURES RELATING TO EMINENT 
DOMAIN. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the head of each Executive department and 
agency shall review all rules, regulations, and procedures 
and report to the Attorney General on the activities of that 
department or agency to bring its rules, regulations and 
procedures into compliance with this Act. 
SEC. 16. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that any and all precautions 
shall be taken by the government to avoid the unfair or un-
reasonable taking of property away from survivors of Hur-
ricane Katrina who own, were bequeathed, or assigned such 
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property, for economic development purposes or for the pri-
vate use of others. 
SEC. 17. DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON MINORITIES. 
If the court determines that a violation of this Act has 
occurred, and that the violation has a disproportionately 
high impact on the poor or minorities, the Attorney General 
shall use reasonable efforts to locate and inform former own-
ers and tenants of the violation and any remedies they may 
have. 
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Union Calendar No. 278 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1433 
[Report No. 112–401] 
A BILL 
To protect private property rights. 
FEBRUARY 17, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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