A bill to amend section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to limit the availability of civil actions under such section to situations involving a deprivation of rights secured by the Constitution and civil rights and equal protections laws.

Amends current law (42 U.S.C. 1983) creating a Federal cause of action for the violation of a person's civil rights under color of State law to limit the availability of such action to the deprivation of constitutional rights and civil rights and equal protection laws.