[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 60 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 60

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
  relating to the permissible uses for which private property may be 
                                 taken.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2005

   Mr. Aderholt introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
  relating to the permissible uses for which private property may be 
                                 taken.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled 
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein),  That the following 
article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the 
Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the 
several States within seven years after the date of its submission for 
ratification:

                              ``Article --

    ``Neither a State nor the United States may take private property 
for the purpose of transferring possession of, or control over, that 
property to another private person, except for a public conveyance or 
transportation project.''.
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