,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ae1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,lynch introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend title #bh1 ,united ,states    
,code1 with respect to certain tort     
claims arising out of the criminal      
misconduct of confidential informants1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,justice for ,victims of ,confidential  
,informant ,crime ,act of #bjac4  #b4   
,tort claims arising out of the criminal
 misconduct of a confidential informant 
7a7 ,in general ,section #bdja7;b7 of   
title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 by striking ,a tort     
claim and inserting 7#a7 ,except as     
provided in paragraph 7#b72 and  7#b7 by
 adding at the end the following3  7#b7 
,in the case of a claim arising out of  
the conduct of an employee of the       
,government with respect to the criminal

 misconduct of a ,government informant1 
paragraph 7#a7 shall be applied by      
substituting three years and six months 
for two years4  4  7b7 ,retroactive     
effect ,the amendments made by this     
section shall apply with respect to any 
claim that--  7#a7 accrued on or after  
,may #a1 #aiha2 and  7#b7 in the case of
 a claim that accrued before the date of
 enactment of this ,act1 is presented   
not later than one year after that date4
  7c7 ,preclusion of certain defenses or
 bars ,the ,government may not assert a 
defense or a bar1 based on the doctrine 
of res judicata or collateral estoppel1 
to a claim that--  7#a7 accrued before  
the date of enactment of this ,act2 and 
7#b7 to which the amendments made by    
this section apply4