Weaponization Offender Claims Ban Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9793 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9793

To amend title 28 to include additional limitations on the intentional
                tort exception, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2026

Ms. Pettersen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

To amend title 28 to include additional limitations on the intentional
                tort exception, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Weaponization Offender Claims Ban
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTIONS.

    Section 2680(h) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Any claim'' and inserting ``(1) Any
        claim'';
            (2) by inserting ``subject to paragraph (2),'' before
        ``with regard to acts''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) A private individual may only bring such a claim if
        such individual has not been convicted of (without regard to
        whether that person was pardoned or any sentence entered
        against that person was commuted)--
                    ``(A) assault or battery against a Federal law
                enforcement officer;
                    ``(B) an offense related to interference with the
                administration, certification, or counting of a Federal
                election;
                    ``(C) an offense related to obstruction,
                interference, or unlawful influence over a Federal
                governmental process;
                    ``(D) any felony offense related to any
                confrontation with a Federal law enforcement officer;
                or
                    ``(E) any felony offense involving theft,
                embezzlement, misuse of Federal funds, obstruction of
                Federal oversight or investigative activities, or
                interference with appropriations or budgetary
                processes.''.
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