Bivens Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3343
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2021-12-08
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-12-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Bivens Act of </b><b>2021</b></p> <p>This bill provides individuals with a statutory right 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 (e.g., law enforcement), 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 in certain situations (e.g., Fourth Amendment violations committed by federal law enforcement officers).</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3343 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 8, 2021 Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Padilla , Mr. Markey , and Mr. Wyden ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 2021 . 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 .