[20000310]RS20493_产权：众议院司法委员会报告H.R.2372.pdf

1 The bill applies to federal government actions as well, but this is not the bills focus and has beenuniversally disregarded in the congressional debate.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20493March 10, 2000Property Rights: House Judiciary CommitteeReports H.R. 2372(name redacted)Legislative AttorneyAmerican Law DivisionOn March 9, 2000, the House Committee on the Judiciary reported favorably H.R.2372. The bill, titled “Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2000,” is aimedprincipally at lowering the threshold barriers of ripeness and abstention encountered whenland owners file in federal court challenging local government actions as “takings.”1 Under the Fifth Amendments Takings Clause (which applies to state and local, not onlyfederal, actions), private property may not be “taken” for public use without justcompensation.It is well-settled that takings may be effected not only by government appropriationor physical invasion of private property, but by use restrictions as well. When userestriction (as, typically, by local zoning) has a sufficiently severe impact on a propertyseconomic use, co