Wabeno Economic Development Act

SI-generated grade · five published checks · not individually reviewed by a person · methodology

Constitutional disposal of a small federal parcel at market value under the Property Clause, with no rights infringement, no taking, and movement of control toward private and local hands.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Congress has explicit authority under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, the Property Clause, to dispose of and make needful rules respecting territory and other property belonging to the United States. Directing the Forest Service to convey 14 acres in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest at appraised market value, and directing the Department of the Interior to review permitting under Article I…
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  No provision of the First through Tenth Amendments is infringed. The bill does not restrict speech, religion, press, assembly under the First Amendment, does not implicate arms under the Second Amendment, does not authorize search, seizure or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment, and does not take private property for public use. Instead it disposes of public property to a private buyer through…
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The bill does not restrict what a person may do with their own person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It expands private control by transferring federal land with mineral rights to a private firm through a voluntary purchase, with no mandate, prohibition, or compelled conduct imposed on the general public.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  The action moves control downward, not upward, under the Tenth Amendment. (1) An individual business can operate a stone, sand and gravel site without federal ownership. (2) A local community in Wisconsin can regulate and benefit from local economic activity. (3) The state of Wisconsin can handle land use and permitting. (4) The bill does not consolidate power at a higher level; it disposes of 14 …
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  No violation of the Fifth Amendment Due Process or Takings Clause. There is fair notice through statute, a market-value appraisal, payment of value plus costs as a condition of conveyance, and a 180-day offer window. No private property is seized without compensation and no hearing right is bypassed; the purchaser pays just value and the United States receives value for public land.

Sources: Congress.gov: HR 3937 summary