H.R. 266: Justice for Victims of Confidential Informant Crime Act of 2013

Introduced:
Jan 15, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA8]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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Progress
Introduced Jan 15, 2013
Referred to Committee Jan 15, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
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Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

4% chance of getting past committee.
1% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
none
Committees

House Judiciary

↪ Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations

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Full Title

To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to certain tort claims arising out of the criminal misconduct of confidential informants, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Jan 15, 2013.
2 pages

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1/15/2013--Introduced.
Justice for Victims of Confidential Informant Crime Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to extend to three years and six months the period within which a tort claim against the United States must be presented in writing to a federal agency when the claim arises out of a government employee's conduct with respect to the criminal misconduct of a government informant.
(Current law bars all tort claims against the United States that are not presented within two years after the claim accrues.) Applies the amendment retroactively to any such claim that:
(1) accrued on or after May 1, 1981; and
(2) in the case of a claim accrued before the date of enactment of this Act, is presented within one year after such date.
Prohibits the government from asserting a defense or a bar, based on the doctrine of res judicata or collateral estoppel, to a claim that accrued before enactment of this Act and to which this Act applies.

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