Sec. 2. Eminent domain
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It is the policy of the United States to protect the rights of citizens of the United States to their private property, including by limiting the taking of private property by the Federal Government to situations in which the taking is for public use, with just compensation, and to benefit the general public, and not merely to advance the economic interests of private parties that would be given ownership or use of the property taken. Section 7(h) of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717f(h) ) is amended— by striking
(h)When any holder and inserting the following: When any holder ; in the second sentence— by striking The practice and inserting the following: Subject to subparagraph (B), the practice ; by striking is situated: and inserting is situated. ; and by striking and inserting the following: Provided, That the The ; and by adding at the end the following: In determining the just compensation for property acquired by the exercise of the right of eminent domain under paragraph (1), in the case of land subject to a conservation easement, the court with jurisdiction over the proceeding shall consider the lost conservation value of that land. .
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