3.0.0 3343 2023-07-31T14:45:21Z 2023-07-31T14:45:21Z Senate S 2021-12-08 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-12-08T20:51:01Z Bivens Act of 2021 117 6185 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Identical bill CRS Miranda Rights Restoration Act of 2022 117 8794 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2021-12-08 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-12-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-12-08 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2021-12-08 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2021-12-08 True Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2021-12-08 Introduced in Senate 2023-07-31T14:38:58Z Bivens Act of 2021

This bill provides individuals with a statutory right to sue and recover damages from federal officials for violations of their constitutional rights.

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).

]]> Bivens Act of 2021 Display Title Bivens Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Bivens Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3343is/xml/BILLS-117s3343is.xml 2021-12-08 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.