Constitutional Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6092 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6092 To ensure that the United States, States, and local governments are liable for monetary damages for constitutional violations by law enforcement officers. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 18, 2025 Mr. Johnson of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To ensure that the United States, States, and local governments are liable for monetary damages for constitutional violations by law enforcement officers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Constitutional Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was passed by Congress and ratified by the people of the United States against the backdrop of numerous State laws, policies, and practices that denied African Americans and others their enjoyment of fundamental rights. (2) Congress drafted the 14th Amendment to broadly protect fundamental rights and guarantee equality to all persons. (3) To help realize the promise of equality protected in the 14th Amendment, Congress passed section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983) (referred to in this section as ``section 1983''), creating a statutory remedy for violations of the Constitution of the United States and Federal law. According to Mitchum v. Foster, 407 U.S. 225, 242 (1972), section 1983 was intended ``to interpose the Federal courts between the States and the people, as guardians of the people's Federal rights''. (4) By creating this remedy, Congress recognized that civil suits a