Criminal Investigator Training Program (CITP) Exam 1 Practice

Sovereign immunity is waived for certain negligent or wrongful acts of federal employees, allowing lawsuits against the United States when those employees act within the scope of their duties. The Federal Tort Claims Act does exactly that, letting you sue the U.S. for torts committed by federal workers, with some exceptions and procedural rules. This is why it’s the correct choice: it directly addresses liability of the government for the actions of federal employees in the line of duty. The Good Samaritan Act isn’t about government liability. Bivens creates a private remedy against individual federal officers for constitutional violations, not a general suit against the United States for torts. 42 U.S.C. 1983 targets civil rights claims against state actors, not federal ones.