[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17040]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            H.R. 3268, EMINENT DOMAIN TAX RELIEF ACT OF 2005

  (Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3268, the 
Eminent Domain Tax Relief Act of 2005. I introduced this bill to ensure 
tax fairness for all who lose any type of property through eminent 
domain. No longer will victims of eminent domain suffer the added 
insult of an IRS bill while their home or business is taken by the 
government.
  In the wake of the recent Supreme Court eminent domain decision, 
there is a rumbling across this great land. The American people know 
what this rumbling is. It is the sound of government bulldozers driven 
by IRS agents heading toward a condemned property near you. However, 
the United States House of Representatives has committed itself to 
stopping eminent domain abuse and restoring over two centuries' worth 
of property protections.
  I believe that H.R. 3268 will go a long way in that fight. It is time 
to get the tax man and the government steamrollers off the backs of 
America's private property owners.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in this fight and to 
cosponsor the Eminent Domain Tax Relief Act.

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