,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bajc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ag1     
#bjba,mr4 ,padilla introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,revised ,statutes of the ,united       
,states to hold certain public employers
 liable in civil actions for deprivation
 of rights1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,accountability for ,federal ,law  
,enforcement ,act4  #b4 ,civil action   
for deprivation of rights ,section #aigi
 of the ,revised ,statutes of the       
,united ,states 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aihc7 is
 amended-- 7#a7 by striking ,every and  
inserting the following3  7a7 ,in this  
section1 the term public employer means 
a ,federal law enforcement agency that1 
at the time of a deprivation of any     
rights1 privileges1 or immunities       
described in section 7b71 employs1 or   
contracts with an individual to perform 

the duties of1 a ,federal law           
enforcement officer or any other officer
 empowered by law to execute searches1  
to seize evidence1 or to make arrests4  
7b7 ,every  2  7#b7 in subsection 7b71  
as so designated1 by inserting the      
,united ,states or before any ,state2   
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7c7 ,if1 while acting under 
color of law1 any officer who is        
empowered by law to execute searches1 to
 seize evidence1 or to make arrests     
subjects or causes to be subjected any  
citizen of the ,united ,states or other 
person within the jurisdiction thereof  
to the deprivation of any rights1       
privileges1 or immunities secured by the
 ,constitution and laws1 the public     
employer of that officer shall be liable
 to the party injured for the conduct of
 the officer in an action at law1 suit  
in equity1 or other proper proceeding   
for redress1 regardless of whether a    
policy or custom of the public employer 
caused the violation1 and regardless of 

whether the officer has any defense or  
immunity from suit or liability4 ,this  
paragraph shall constitute a waiver of  
sovereign immunity with respect to      
,federal law enforcement agencies for   
any claim brought under this section4   
,nothing in this paragraph shall be     
construed to limit or preclude any      
legal1 equitable1 or other remedy that  
is available1 under this section or     
under any other source of law1 against  
an individual officer4  4