Property Clause

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constitutional clause provision of the United States Constitution

The Property Clause is the constitutional provision granting the U.S. Congress authority to regulate and manage federal lands and other property belonging to the United States.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Property Clause of the United States Constitution	1
Seat of Government Clause	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article IV Property Clause Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 Property Clause ⓘ surface form: Property Clause of the United States Constitution
appliesTo	federal lands ⓘ property belonging to the United States ⓘ territories of the United States ⓘ
authorizes	acquisition of federal property ⓘ disposition of federal property ⓘ management of federal property ⓘ regulation of federal property ⓘ
basisFor	federal land management statutes ⓘ federal public land law ⓘ federal regulation of Bureau of Land Management lands ⓘ federal regulation of national forests ⓘ federal regulation of national parks ⓘ federal regulation of wildlife refuges ⓘ
citedIn	Alabama v. Texas ⓘ Camfield v. United States ⓘ Kleppe v. New Mexico ⓘ Light v. United States ⓘ United States v. Gardner ⓘ United States v. Gratiot ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	part of the original 1787 Constitution ⓘ
constrains	state attempts to regulate federal lands inconsistently with federal law ⓘ state attempts to tax federal property ⓘ
enables	federal control over grazing on federal lands ⓘ federal control over mineral rights on federal lands ⓘ federal control over natural resources on federal lands ⓘ federal control over recreation on federal lands ⓘ federal control over timber on federal lands ⓘ
foundIn	Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution
governs	disposal of federal lands ⓘ retention of federal lands ⓘ rules and regulations for federal territories ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	United States Congress ⓘ
historicallyInterpretedAs	granting plenary power over federal property to Congress ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalText	The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. ⓘ
limits	authority of states over federal lands ⓘ
partOf	Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ
relatedTo	Commerce Clause ⓘ Enclave Clause ⓘ Supremacy Clause ⓘ
scopeIncludes	other property belonging to the United States ⓘ territory belonging to the United States ⓘ
usedBy	United States Congress ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Property Clause → alsoKnownAs → Property Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Property Clause of the United States Constitution

Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Property Clause ⓘ

Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution → contains → Property Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seat of Government Clause

Article IV → containsClause → Property Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Article IV of the United States Constitution

Article IV of the United States Constitution → hasClause → Property Clause ⓘ

New States and Federal Property → hasPart → Property Clause ⓘ

Article IV of the United States Constitution → subjectOf → Property Clause ⓘ