LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 3405 (Bonilla), To prohibit the provision of Federal economic development assistance for any State or locality that uses the power of eminent domain power to obtain property for private commercial development or that fails to pay relocation costs to persons displaced by use of the power of eminent domain for economic development purposes. "STOPP Act of 2005"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

The Honorable Henry Bonilla (TX-23)

The Honorable C.L. “Butch” Otter (ID-1)

Panel II

Ms. Barbara Wally
Attorney
Defenders of Property Rights
Washington, D.C.

Mr. Bert Gall
Staff Attorney
Institute for Justice
Washington, D.C.

Mr. Earl Hance
President
Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc.
Member of the Board of Directors of the American Farm Bureau Federation, Maryland

Mr. Mario Arroyo
Co-Owner, Arroyo’s Café
Stockton, California