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Amends section 2675: inserts text in subsection (a) third sentence and adds subsections (d) and (e) authorizing, at the claimant's request, jury trials for claims against the United States for money damages caused by negligent or wrongful acts or omissions of any Federal law enforcement officer while acting within the scope of office or employment, and defining 'Federal law enforcement officer'.
Amends section 2676 by replacing the initial word 'The' with 'Except with regard to acts or omissions of Federal law enforcement officers described in section 2675(a), the' to carve out those acts or omissions from the provision's scope.
Amends section 2680: (a) restructures the opening into paragraphs (1) and (2), adding paragraph (2) stating that, with regard to acts or omissions of Federal law enforcement officers described in section 2675(a), the provisions of this chapter and section 1346(b) apply to the claims described; (b) in subsection (h), revises the second sentence by striking 'means' and all that follows through the end and inserting new text.
Technical and conforming amendment to section 2402 of title 28 by inserting text before a specified punctuation/marker (text as amended is not reproduced in this section).
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced February 9, 2026 by Cory Anthony Booker · Last progress February 9, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate