Sec. 6. Expanding civil rights remedies
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Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States ( 42 U.S.C. 1983 ) is amended— by inserting
(a)before the first sentence; and by adding at the end the following: Any person against whom any action, suit, or proceeding is filed under subsection
(a)for an act or omission taken in the person’s official capacity may not raise as a defense that such act or omission did not violate a clearly established statutory or constitutional right. In any action, suit, or proceeding filed under subsection
(a)in which a person is held liable for an act or omission taken in the person’s official capacity, any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, of which the person is an employee, shall be vicariously liable for such act or omission if the act or omission of the person are attributable to violations of the 14th Amendment by the State or Territory or the District of Columbia, as the case may be. Any person who is an employee or contractor of a State or Territory or the District of Columbia and is found to be liable under subsection
(a)for acts or omissions occurring in the course and scope of such person’s employment or agreement is entitled to indemnification by such State or Territory or the District of Columbia if the act of omission is taken in the person’s official capacity and attributable to violations of the 14th Amendment by the State or Territory or the District of Columbia, as the case may be. Any United States Attorney may bring a civil action for a violation of this section on behalf of any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof before the appropriate Federal district court for appropriate relief. .
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