Bill > HR7572

This bill, titled the "No Vigilante Checkpoints and Civil Rights Protection Act of 2026," aims to safeguard individuals' civil rights by prohibiting private citizens and organizations from impersonating law enforcement and conducting unauthorized checkpoints or demanding identification. It establishes a new federal offense, punishable by up to five years in prison (or ten years if aggravated, for example, by the use of a weapon or interference with federal officers), for anyone who, without legal authority, stops vehicles or individuals, requests identification, searches property, or collects license plate data to influence or obstruct federal law enforcement. The bill also creates a civil right of action, allowing individuals harmed by such conduct to sue the perpetrators, their supporting organizations, or even government entities that knowingly allowed such activities, seeking damages, injunctions, and legal fees, and explicitly stating that qualified immunity, a legal protection often afforded to government officials, will not apply in these cases.

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