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.

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Label	Occurrences
Property Clause canonical	8
Property Clause of the United States Constitution	4
Property Clause of the U.S. Constitution	3
Seat of Government Clause	1
United States Constitution Property Clause	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T373178 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Property Clause
Context triple: [Article IV of the United States Constitution, containsClause, Property Clause]

A. Admissions Clause
The Admissions Clause is the provision of the U.S. Constitution that empowers Congress to admit new states into the Union and regulate their terms of entry.
B. Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
C. Establishment Clause
The Establishment Clause is the provision of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits the government from establishing an official religion or favoring one religion over others.
D. Petition Clause
The Petition Clause is the part of the First Amendment that guarantees individuals the right to appeal to the government to address grievances without fear of punishment or reprisal.
E. Necessary and Proper Clause
The Necessary and Proper Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the authority to enact laws needed to execute its enumerated powers, forming the basis for implied federal powers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Property Clause
Target entity description: 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.

A. Admissions Clause
The Admissions Clause is the provision of the U.S. Constitution that empowers Congress to admit new states into the Union and regulate their terms of entry.
B. Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
C. Establishment Clause
The Establishment Clause is the provision of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits the government from establishing an official religion or favoring one religion over others.
D. Petition Clause
The Petition Clause is the part of the First Amendment that guarantees individuals the right to appeal to the government to address grievances without fear of punishment or reprisal.
E. Necessary and Proper Clause
The Necessary and Proper Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the authority to enact laws needed to execute its enumerated powers, forming the basis for implied federal powers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Article IV Property Clause ⓘ linked to: Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 ⓘ linked to: Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution Property Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Property Clause
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 United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. 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 federal government ⓘ linked to: United States 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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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

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

subject linked to: Article IV

New States and Federal Property → hasPart → Property Clause ⓘ

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

linked to: Property Clause

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

linked to: Property Clause

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

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

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

Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Property Clause ⓘ

District Clause of the U.S. Constitution → distinctFrom → Property Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Property Clause

United States public land law → legalBasis → United States Constitution Property Clause ⓘ

linked to: Property Clause

Pollard v. Hagan → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Property Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Property Clause

Kleppe v. New Mexico → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Property Clause ⓘ

United States v. Gratiot → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Property Clause ⓘ

Light v. United States → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Property Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Property Clause

Camfield v. United States → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Property Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Property Clause

United States v. Gardner → legalSubject → Property Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Property Clause

Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution → contains → Property Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Property Clause

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