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S. 655

Ending Natural Gas Companies' Seizure of Land for Export Profits Act

Ending Natural Gas Companies' Seizure of Land for Export Profits Act

This bill restricts the use of eminent domain to take private or state land for the construction of a natural gas pipeline.

Specifically, the bill prohibits the U.S. districts courts from having jurisdiction to condemn property in which a state owns any interest. Further, the bill prohibits the use of eminent domain to take private property for the construction of a pipeline that will export liquefied natural gas to a foreign country.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR](D-OR)Sponsor
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    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

    Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
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    Introduced in Senate

Ending Natural Gas Companies' Seizure of Land for Export Profits Act — Informed