Strengthen federal law to protect landowner rights and stop unjust federal land grabs.

that’s exactly why we need stronger laws to keep these unaccountable bureaucrats in line, protect landowner rights, and stop unjust federal land grabs.

Graves said stronger laws are needed to protect landowner rights and stop unjust federal land grabs.

Graves Works to Protect Missouri Farmers from Federal Land Grabs | Congressman Sam Graves | Representing the 6th District of Missouri
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Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] (Introduced 08/08/2025). Latest Action: House - 08/08/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. This bill has the status Introduced.

Graves personally introduced a landowner-rights bill, but as of the available Congress.gov status it had only been introduced and referred to committee, not enacted into federal law.

never later_term A for effort

H.R.4924 - Rails to Trails Landowner Rights Act
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The bill would require signed approval from affected property owners for proposed interim trail use, require compensation at minimum fair market value for additional costs, and require consideration of requests from landowners to narrow easements.

The text shows concrete legislative language aimed at protecting landowners from rails-to-trails takings or burdens, but the bill text alone does not show enactment.

partial later_term A for effort

Text - H.R.4924 - Rails to Trails Landowner Rights Act
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Latest Action: Senate - 02/27/2014 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. This bill has the status Passed House. The bill prohibited federal eminent domain for economic development and restricted states receiving federal economic development funds from doing so.

A federal property-rights bill advanced through the House and targeted eminent-domain takings for economic development, but it stopped after Senate referral and did not become law.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.1944 - Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2014
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Latest Action: Senate - 11/04/2005 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. This bill has the status Passed House. The summary states that it prohibited federal eminent domain for economic development and created a private cause of action for injured property owners.

A similar federal protection against eminent-domain takings passed the House in 2005 but was not enacted after Senate referral, showing an unsuccessful legislative route rather than fulfillment.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.4128 - Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%