Friday, December 16, 2005

GT SET to Lose FED FUNDS?

Amendment to a Treasury, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill stating that, “None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to enforce the judgment of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Kelo v. New London, decided June 23, 2005.”

Sponsored by: New Jersey Representative Scott GarrettStatus: Became law on November 30, 2005.

Cities that use eminent domain for privately owned projects will loose ALL Federal funding for 2 years.