HR 4772 · 109th Congress · Law
Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006
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EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.(2006-11-13)
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Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2005 - Amends the federal judicial code to provide that, whenever a district court exercises jurisdiction in civil rights cases in which the operative facts concern the uses of real property, it shall not abstain from exercising such jurisdiction, or relinquish it to a state court, if the party seeking redress does not allege a violation of a state law, right, or privilege, and no parallel proceeding is pending in state court that arises out of the same operative facts as the district court proceeding. Declares that in an action in which operative facts concern the uses of real property, the district court shall exercise jurisdiction even if the party seeking redress does not pursue judicial remedies provided by a state or territory. Provides for referral of an unsettled question of state law to the state's highest appellate court. Prohibits the district court from certifying a question of state law unless it is necessary to resolve the merits of the injured party's federal claim, and such question is patently unclear. Declares that any claim or action to redress the deprivation of a property right or privilege secured by the Constituti…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 4772, Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2005
Aug 31, 2006<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 12, 2006</p>
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 4772, Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2005
Aug 31, 2006Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 12, 2006
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
3 Democrats17 Republicans