[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6185 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6185

  To provide a civil remedy for an individual whose rights have been 
  violated by a person acting under Federal authority, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 8, 2021

   Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
Schakowsky, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jones, 
Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Tlaib, and Mr. Carson) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 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.

    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 ``Bivens Act of 2021''.

SEC. 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''.
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