,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ghbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bi1 #bjbj,mr4 
,cohen introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to permit   
vicarious liability claims against an   
employer of a person who1 under color of
 law1 subjects another to the           
deprivation of rights1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,civil ,rights      
,enhancement and ,law ,enforcement      
,accountability ,improvement ,act of    
#bjbj4  #b4 ,vicarious liability        
,section #aigi of the ,revised ,statutes
 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aihc7 is amended-- 7#a7
 by inserting 7a7 before ,every2 and    
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7b7 ,in any action brought under      
subsection 7a71 the employer of a law   
enforcement officer acting under color  
of any law described in such subsection 
shall be vicariously liable for the acts
 or omissions of the officer committed  

within the scope of employment in the   
same manner and to the same extent as a 
private employer is liable for the      
negligent acts of its employee under the
 laws of the ,state1 ,territory1 or the 
,district of ,columbia4 ,for purposes of
 this subsection1 a law enforcement     
officer acting under color of law shall 
be deemed to be acting within the course
 and scope of employment 7regardless of 
whether the act of the law enforcement  
officer was unconstitutional74  7c7 ,it 
shall not be a defense against any claim
 for vicarious liability under          
subsection 7b7 that a law enforcement   
officer has immunity in any action      
against the law enforcement officer     
under subsection 7a74 ,nothing in this  
section shall be construed as limiting1 
providing1 or extending any extant      
immunity to a law enforcement officer4  
7d7 ,nothing in this section shall be   
construed to preclude liability under   
any other theory of law for deprivations
 actionable under subsection 7a7 caused 

by a law enforcement officer or an      
employer of such law enforcement        
officer4  4