Bivens Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7213
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2020-06-15
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Due process and equal protection

Government liability

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Bivens Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill provides statutory authority for individuals to sue and recover damages from federal officials for violations of their constitutional rights. </p> <p>Currently, individuals have a statutory right to bring such suits against state or local officials, commonly known as Section 1983 suits or Bivens actions. Although the statute does not explicitly authorize such suits against federal officials, the Supreme Court has found this right to be inferred from the Constitution.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7213 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 15, 2020 Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Raskin ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide a civil remedy for an individual whose rights have been violated by a person acting under Federal authority, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bivens Act of 2020 . 2. Civil action against person acting under Federal authority Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes ( 42 U.S.C. 1983 ) is amended by inserting of the United States or before of any State .