Constitution Index · H.R. 3187 · 2025-05-05
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas, and for other purposes.
Latest official status (2025-12-16): Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 295.
Constitutional grade
A
Constitutional
This bill is a straightforward federal land conveyance authorized by the Property Clause. It does not expand federal power, restrict individual rights, or implicate due process or takings concerns. It transfers a small parcel of federal land to a county for public uses, consistent with constitutional principles.
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 Amendment V
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Enumerated powers · passes
Congress has explicit authority over federal property under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, which grants Congress power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States. Conveying a Forest Service parcel to Perry County is a valid exercise of that property power.
Bill of Rights · passes
The bill does not restrict speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, or any other right protected by the Bill of Rights. It merely authorizes a land transfer between governmental entities. No amendment is implicated.
Individual liberty · passes
The conveyance does not restrict what any person may do with their own person, property, speech, labor, or belief. The land is federal property, and the bill directs its transfer to a county government rather than imposing obligations on private individuals.
Decentralization · passes
The bill moves control and ownership of a specific one-acre parcel from the federal government to a county government, which is a lower, more local level of government. This does not consolidate decision-making upward; if anything, it returns administration of local land to local authorities.
Due process and takings · passes
No private property is taken. The bill disposes of federal land by quitclaim deed, without consideration, and subject to valid existing rights. It does not deprive any person of property without due process, nor does it implicate the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause.
Provenance
- Congress.gov: HR 3187 summary · fetched 2026-10-08 · official page ↗
Version history · never overwritten
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| A · #398 | 2026-10-09 | vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0 | 8b3832989048 | current |
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