[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4940 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4940

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2024

  Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Welch, Mr. 
 Markey, and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and 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 2024''.

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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