United States

S. HRG. 104-535

THE RIGHT TO OWN PROPERTY

HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 605

A BILL TO ESTABLISH A UNIFORM AND MORE EFFICIENT FEDERAL
PROCESS FOR PROTECTING PROPERTY OWNERS' RIGHTS GUARAN-
TEED BY THE FIFTH AMENDMENT

WASHINGTON, DC; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; AND
WASHINGTON, DC

APRIL 6, JULY 3, AND OCTOBER 18, 1995

Serial No. J-104-17

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

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WASHINGTON: 1996

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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16, 141

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Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., U.S. Senator from the State of Utah.........................1, 103, 139

Biden, Hon. Joseph R., Jr., U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware..

Grassley, Hon. Charles E., U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa

Feinstein, Hon. Dianne, U.S. Senator from the State of California

Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1995

Statement of Nellie Edwards, Provo, UT ..............................

Statement of John R. Schmidt, Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department

of Justice, Washington, DC

Panel consisting of Loren A. Smith, chief judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims,

Washington, DC; Nancie G. Marzulla, president and chief legal counsel,

Defenders of Property Rights, Washington, DC, accompanied by Roger

Marzulla; and Raymond B. Ludwiszewski, former general counsel, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC

Panel consisting of Carol M. Rose, professor of law and organization, Yale

Law School, New Haven, CT; and John J. Chaconas, St. Amant, LA

MONDAY, JULY 3, 1995

Panel consisting of Nellie Edwards, Provo, UT; Larry Gardner, St. George,

UT; and Edward D. Smith, Centerville, UT

Panel consisting of Ken Ashby, president, Utah Farm Bureau; Ronald W.

Thompson, district manager, Washington County Water Conservance Dis-

trict; and Richard G. Wilkins, professor, BYU Law School

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1995

Panel consisting of Keith W. Eckel, president, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau;

Merrily Pierce, second vice president, Fairfax County Federation of Citizens

Association, McLean, VA; Joseph L. Sax, counselor to the Secretary of

the Interior, Washington, DC; Jonathan H. Adler, director of environmental

studies, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC; and Richard

G. Wilkins, Brigham Young University Law School, Provo, UT

ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERIALS SUBMITTED

Adler, Jonathan H.:

Testimony

Prepared statement

Ashby, Ken: Testimony

Biden, Joseph R., Jr.:

Prepared statement

Congressional Budget Office letter of cost estimate of bill S. 605, dated

Oct. 17, 1995

Chaconas, John J.:

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150

Gramm, Hon. Phil: Testimony

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Hon. Spencer Abraham

Representative Billy Tauzin

Roger and Sharon Gautreau, dated Apr. 5, 1995

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., submitted the following prepared statements from:

Hon. Robert J. Dole

A summary of the Omnibus Rights Act of 1995
Letters to Senator Hatch from:

Leahy, Hon. Patrick J.: Submitted the prepared statement of Most Reverend
John J. McRaith on behalf of the U.S. Catholic Conference

Ludwiszewski, Raymond B.:

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104

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154

Testimony

Prepared statement

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67

Marzulla, Nancie G.:

Testimony

Prepared statement

Pierce, Merrily: Testimony

Rose, Carol M.:

Testimony

Prepared statement

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60

170

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88

Sax, Joseph L.:

Testimony

172

Prepared statement

174

A status of Department of Interior's reform of the ESA

181

Annual report of the White House Interagency Wetlands Working

Group

186

Memo of the nuisance exceptions in H.R. 925 and S. 605, revised

May 25, 1995