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"A bill passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives threatens to undermine the ability of state and local governments to regulate their own zoning, land-use and environmental laws by allowing private property owners to file so-called &amp;ldquo;takings&amp;rdquo; claims directly in federal court, thereby bypassing state courts and other land-use dispute resolution procedures. Proponents of H.R.2372, known as the Private Property Rights Implementation Act, say that the bill supports the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment, which prohibits the federal government from taking &amp;ldquo;private property &amp;hellip; for public use without just compensation.&amp;rdquo; Its sponsor, Rep. Charles Canady (R-Fla.) argues that the bill frees private property owners from lengthy, costly and unnecessarily repetitive litigation in state and federal courts in order to safeguard this constitutional right."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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