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IA 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 60 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 14, 2005 Mr. Aderholt introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the permissible uses for which private property may be taken.

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: —

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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