Transcript: HATCH BILL TO EMPOWER PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS

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October 18, 2005
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Capitol Hill Press Releases
10-18-2005
For Immediate Release Hatch Bill To Empower Private Property Owners Contact:
Peter Carr (202) 224-9854 October 18, 2005 Washington - Sen. Orrin G. Hatch
(R-Utah) and Sen. Max Baucus (D- Mont.) today introduced legislation aimed
at empowering property owners faced with federal eminent domain actions.
Called the EMPOWER Act, the bill is patterned after Utah's highly successful
property rights model and would create a federal Property Owner's Bill
of Rights and a national property rights ombudsman. "This bill is for anyone
whose home is threatened by federal action," Hatch said. "The EMPOWER Act
won't solve all problems, but it will go a long way to creating a ...

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