3.0.0 4716 2023-01-11T13:44:41Z 2023-01-11T13:44:41Z Senate S 2020-09-24 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-24T20:11:33Z Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2020 116 6204 HR 2020-03-11 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2020-09-24 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-09-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-11-10 False Law Law 00 2020-09-24 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-19T16:14:13Z Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2020

This bill allows certain individuals to sue and recover damages for harm from exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987.

This action is available only to individuals who were exposed to contaminated water for at least 30 days.

In response to such a lawsuit, the U.S. government may not claim that it is immune from litigation based on an argument that the alleged harmful act or omission stemmed from (1) a federal government employee's execution of a statute or regulation, or (2) the federal government's exercise of its discretion.

The bill also prohibits an individual who brings such an action from bringing a separate tort action against the United States based on the same harm.

]]> Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2020 Display Title Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a cause of action for those harmed by exposure to water at Camp Lejeune, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4716is/xml/BILLS-116s4716is.xml 2020-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.