,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ihhc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bb1 #bjbf,mr4 
,tran 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mrs4
 ,watson ,coleman1 and ,mr4 ,thanedar7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to create a     
private right of action to hold private 
detention centers liable for the        
wrongful death of any person being held 
in such private detention center1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,private 
,detention ,corporate ,accountability   
,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,private detention  
center liability  7a7 ,private right of 
action ,an officer or employee of a     
private detention center that causes the
 wrongful death of any person that was  
being held in such private detention    
center shall be liable1 under the       
relevant ,state law1 to the decedent or 
any successor in interest for--  7#a7   
statutory damages in an amount not less 

than #e1jjj1jjj and economic damages2   
and  7#b7 punitive damages1 as          
appropriate4  7b7 ,action in district   
court ,the decedent or any successor in 
interest that suffered the harm         
described under subsection 7a7 may bring
 an action in the appropriate district  
court of the ,united ,states for the    
relief described under such subsection4 
7c7 ,vicarious liability ,a private     
detention center shall be vicariously   
liable for any harm described under     
subsection 7a74  7d7 ,no immunity       
defense ,no officer or employee of a    
private detention center shall be       
entitled to assert any form of absolute 
or qualified immunity as a defense to   
liability under this section4  7e7 ,rule
 of construction ,nothing in this       
section shall be construed to limit the 
ability of the decedent or any successor
 in interest that suffered the harm     
described under subsection 7a7 from     
bringing an action in a ,state court for
 such harm4  7f7 ,private detention     

center ,the term private detention      
center means a private entity that has a
 contract with the ,federal ,government 
to hold any person due to any alleged or
 purported violations of civil1         
criminal1 or immigration laws4