[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10135 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10135

To prohibit the exercise of eminent domain over agricultural land, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 20, 2026

 Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the exercise of eminent domain over agricultural land, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Not In My Barn Yard Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EXERCISE OF EMINENT DOMAIN OVER AGRICULTURAL 
              LAND.

    (a) Prohibition.--The Federal Government may not exercise eminent 
domain over any agricultural land if a feasible alternative to the 
public use for which the Government seeks to exercise eminent domain is 
available.
    (b) Application to Pending Exercises of Eminent Domain.--The 
prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any 
exercise of eminent domain that commenced before the date of enactment 
of this Act.
    (c) Agricultural Land Defined.--The term ``agricultural land''--
            (1) means land in the United States that is used, as of the 
        date on which the Government seeks to exercise eminent domain, 
        or has been used during the previous 5-year period, for 
        farming, ranching, forestry production, or timber production; 
        and
            (2) does not include land not exceeding ten acres in the 
        aggregate, if the annual gross receipts from the sale of the 
        farm, ranch, forestry, or timber products produced thereon do 
        not exceed $1,000.
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