This bill would stop the Federal Government from using eminent domain to take agricultural land when a feasible alternative to the public use is available. It would not apply to any exercise of eminent domain that started before the bill becomes law. The bill defines "agricultural land" as land that is used on the date the government seeks to take it, or that was used during the previous five years, for farming, ranching, forestry production, or timber production. The definition excludes land of 10 acres or less if annual gross receipts from products sold from that land do not exceed $1,000.
If you own or use land for farming, ranching, forestry, or timber production, the federal government generally could not take that land by eminent domain if a feasible alternative exists. Condemnation actions that began before the law took effect would not be changed. Very small parcels (up to 10 acres) with very low annual sales (under $1,000) are not treated as "agricultural land" under the bill, so the prohibition would not cover those parcels.
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The bill's text would prohibit federal exercise of eminent domain over agricultural land when a feasible alternative to the proposed public use is available.
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