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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 6493

Introduced

NOEM Act

Sponsor
DSeth Moulton· Massachusetts
Introduced
December 5, 2025
Policy area
Immigration
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.December 5, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6493 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6493

To allow victims to sue Federal immigration enforcement officers for 
constitutional violations.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 5, 2025

Mr. Moulton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To allow victims to sue Federal immigration enforcement officers for 
constitutional violations.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``National Oversight and Enforcement 
of Misconduct Act'' or the ``NOEM Act''.

SEC. 2. CIVIL ACTION AGAINST PERSON ACTING UNDER FEDERAL IMMIGRATION 
ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.

(a) Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983) is 
amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``of any Federal 
immigration enforcement authority or'' before ``of any State''.
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