[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2249 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2249

To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent administrative action 
  with respect to, and the filing of, certain tort claims against the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2007

  Mr. McCaul of Texas (for himself, Mr. Brady of Texas, and Mr. Poe) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent administrative action 
  with respect to, and the filing of, certain tort claims against the 
                             United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Tort Claim Reform Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO TORT CLAIMS AUTHORITY.

    Section 2680 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
            ``(o) Any claim, based on an act or omission by an employee 
        of the Government relating to criminal conduct, that is made by 
        a person who engaged in that conduct, except to the extent the 
        act or omission consists of the purposeful infliction of 
        serious bodily injury and the damages sought by the claimant 
        are actual losses resulting from the act or omission. For the 
        purposes of this paragraph the term `actual losses' means 
        medical expenses, lost wages, property damage, and other 
        tangible loss, but may not exceed $250,000.''.
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