House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Bivens Act of 2025
Official title: To provide a civil remedy for an individual whose rights have been violated by a person acting under Federal authority, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Johnson D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6091.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 194, November 18, 2025, Page H4771):Article I Section 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6091, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6091
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a0465724570b2faa5ffe4e3b6db78cf11d85729eb1d2c70d6c1c2171b5b0c4fe
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
37 cosponsors — 37 Democrats
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Bill Foster (D-IL), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Summer Lee (D-PA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Dave Min (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Henry Johnson.
- H.R. 3449 (119th) Stronger Communities through Better Transit Act
- H.R. 945 (119th) To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights…
- H.R. 3513 (119th) Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 3544 (119th) Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act of 2025
- H.R. 5350 (119th) FAIR Act of 2025
- H.R. 7766 (119th) Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act
Related bills
- S. 3187 (119th) Bivens Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.