Title: Amending the constitution relative to the taking of private property
Subtitle: hearing before Subcommittee No. 4, of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Eighty-third Congress, second session, on S.J. Res. 3, joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the taking of private property; H.R. 640, a bill to make it unlawful for any officer in the executive branch of the Government to take or maintain possession and control of any private property except pursuant to statutory authority for such action; H.J. Res. 21, joint resolution prohibiting the use of Federal funds to pay the salaries and expenses of Federal officers and employees performing functions in connection with the unauthorized seizure of steel mills or other private property. February 24 and April 14, 1954
Subjects: Eminent domain, Executive power, Confiscations
Places: United States