H.R. 1433, the bill the would prohibit federal, state and local governments from seizing private property via eminent domain powers for purposes of economic development passed the U.S. House Tuesday on a voice vote, according to Humanevents.com.
The next step will be the Senate. We have heard nothing yet regarding whether Senate Majority Leader will be willing to consider the bill or if he will have to be coerced or gone around through legislative legerdemain. It’s not too early to contact your senators to help build a movement to bring the bill up.
The bill would protect land owners from the efforts governments have been exerting to take over property to hand over to private developers so as to boost their tax revenue base. Eminent domain had been originally intended only to make roads, airports and utilities construction possible, with proper payment to the land owners. Instead, governments have been seizing land or, through regulation, devaluing land without any recompense to owners at all.
Sadly, the humanevents.com story noted that the Connecticut land involved in the landmark Kelo Supreme Court case, lies vacant after the city and state spent $78 million to bulldoze the homes and buildings that had been there (“House Passes Bill to Fight Unfair Seizure of Private Property,” 02/29/12) .
This bill would not bring Susan Kelo’s little pink house back to its block in New London but it would make it significantly harder for governments that are supposed to protect property owners instead become the rapers and confiscators.
The Senate switchboard is 202) 224-3121; for the Senate web page, click here.
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