Not In My Barn Yard Act

This bill would bar the federal government from using eminent domain to take agricultural land when a feasible alternative to the planned public use is available. The ban would not apply to eminent domain actions that started before the bill becomes law. Agricultural land means U.S. land used for farming, ranching, forestry, or timber production now or at any time in the previous 5 years. Land of ten acres or less that brings in no more than $1,000 a year from those products would not count as agricultural land.

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Sponsors

• Glenn Thompson Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors