3.0.0 1883 2023-01-13T04:49:48Z 2023-01-13T04:49:48Z Senate S S 2005-10-18 109 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-10-18T21:06:55Z 2005-10-18 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2005-10-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11479-11480) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2005-10-18 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-11-17 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative remedies Agriculture and Food Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Commercial arbitration Constitutional law Department of Transportation Eminent domain Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Families Family farms Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Housing and Community Development Injunctions Judicial review Land transfers Law Mediation Ombudsman Parties to actions Real estate appraisal Relocation Right of property Small business Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2005-10-18 Introduced in Senate 2005-12-20T19:17:59Z Empowering More Property Owners With Enhanced Rights Act of 2005 or EMPOWER Act - Amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to require a federal agency when acquiring real property to provide to a property owner with: (1) at the beginning of the negotiation process, the current contact information for the Office of the Property Rights Ombudsperson; (2) a description of available mediation and other dispute resolution alternatives; and (3) in specified cases, a copy of the appraisal.

Establishes the Office of the Property Rights Ombudsperson to: (1) at the request of a federal or state agency, advise the agency with respect to actions that may affect property rights; (2) advise private property owners that have a legitimate potential or actual claim against a federal agency involving property rights; and (3) if appropriate, and if requested by a private property owner, mediate or arrange arbitration for disputes between private property owners and federal agencies that involve property rights, eminent domain, or relocation assistance under the Act.

Sets forth requirements for arbitration and mediation requested by a private property owner and arranged by the Property Rights Ombudsperson.

Authorizes the establishment of other federal and state offices of property rights ombudspersons.

]]> Empowering More Property Owners With Enhanced Rights Act of 2005 Display Title Empowering More Property Owners With Enhanced Rights Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to assist property owners and Federal agencies in resolving disputes relating to private property. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Empowering More Property Owners With Enhanced Rights Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced EMPOWER Act Introduced in Senate 2005-10-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1883is/xml/BILLS-109s1883is.xml 2005-10-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.