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Bivens Act of 2025

H.R. 6091 · 119th Congress · Nov 18, 2025 · Lineage

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.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Bivens Act of 2025”.

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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Nov 18, 2025viewing Introduced in House Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Dexter, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Min, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Scanlon, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary