Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3873
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Alabama
Animals
Churches
Civil actions and liability
Community development
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Eminent domain
Evidence (Law)
Farm lands
Federal aid programs
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Injunctions
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Irrigation
Land transfers
Landowners
Law
Legal fees
Limitation of actions
Louisiana
Mississippi
National forests
Nonprofit organizations
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Real estate development
Religion
Right of property
Rural economic development
Social Welfare
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Urban affairs
Water Resources Development
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2006 - Prohibits any state or political subdivision, if it receives federal economic development funds during the fiscal year, from exercising, or allowing a delegate to exercise, the power of eminent domain: (1) for economic development; or (2) over property of a religious or other nonprofit organization by reason of its nonprofit or tax-exempt status..
 
Defines &quot;economic development&quot; as taking private property and conveying or leasing it to a private entity for commercial enterprise carried on for profit or to increase tax revenue, the tax base, employment, or general economic health.
 
Makes a state or political subdivision that violates such prohibition ineligible for any such funds for two fiscal years.
 
Prohibits the federal government from exercising its power of eminent domain: (1) for economic development; or (2) over property of a religious or other nonprofit organization by reason of its nonprofit or tax-exempt status.
 
Establishes a private cause of action for any private property owner who suffers injury from a violation of this Act.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the use of eminent domain for economic development is a threat to agricultural and other property in rural America; and (2) it is U.S. policy to promote the private ownership of property and to protect the legal rights of private property owners.
 

 

 
Expresses the sense of Congress that all precautions should be taken to avoid the unfair or unreasonable taking of property from survivors of Hurricane Katrina for economic development or other private use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-08
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 596.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9133-9134)
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate