Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense, Immigration, Criminal Justice.
Who Benefits and How
defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HBA67FE538B354195867826D849DBA2EB: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026.
- Section HA99A196DB1B84DF4BC373E6179BD50AE: 2. Removal of qualified immunity Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983) is amended— by inserting (a) before Every person; and by adding at the...
- Section H6443E646607446F4A2D28B32CD27BBE9: 3. Civil action against Federal law enforcement officers acting under Federal authority Subsection (a) of section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C....
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Immigration, Criminal Justice
Primary Purpose
This bill, Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Markey introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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