ICE and CBP Constitutional Accountability Act

This bill would amend the Federal Tort Claims Act so that the United States government is liable when an officer or agent of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), or someone acting under their direction, deprives a person of rights protected by the Constitution or federal law. The government would be liable whether or not the officer was following an official policy or custom. People bringing these suits could seek punitive damages and would not first have to file an administrative claim with the agency. Damages would be paid first from funds appropriated under parts of Public Law 119-21, and then from a general federal fund for court judgments if those amounts run out. The bill states that it waives the federal government's sovereign immunity for these claims against CBP and ICE.

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Sponsors

• Andrea Salinas Democrat sponsor
• 27 cosponsors