legislation: 96-hr-7686
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| 96-hr-7686 | 96 | hr | 7686 | A bill to amend section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to limit the availability of civil actions under such section to situations involving a deprivation of rights secured by the Constitution and civil rights and equal protections laws. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1980-06-27 | 1980-06-27 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 0 | Amends current law (42 U.S.C. 1983) creating a Federal cause of action for the violation of a person's civil rights under color of State law to limit the availability of such action to the deprivation of constitutional rights and civil rights and equal protection laws. | 2021-06-14T19:45:20Z |