A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to require filing of surety bonds by plaintiffs in civil actions against law enforcement officers to defray reasonable costs of successful defense in such actions.

Summary

Requires the party bringing an action against any law enforcement officer in any court of the United States to file with the court a surety bond conditioned on the payment to defendants of reasonable costs of investigation and legal fees for defending such action should the defendants prevail in the action. Includes within the meaning of law enforcement officers, for purposes of this Act, attorneys general, prosecuting attorneys, chiefs of police, sheriffs, constables, and their subordinates.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 25 July 1973

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.