2019 US Code
Title 6 - Domestic Security
Chapter 1 - Homeland Security Organization
Subchapter VIII - Coordination With Non-Federal Entities; Inspector General; United States Secret Service; Coast Guard; General Provisions
Part I - Information Sharing
Sec. 486 - Limitation of liability
6 U.S.C. § 486 (2019) |
§486. Limitation of liability |
A person who has completed a security awareness training course approved by or operated under a cooperative agreement with the Department of Homeland Security using funds made available in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter or in any prior appropriations Acts, who is enrolled in a program recognized or acknowledged by an Information Sharing and Analysis Center, and who reports a situation, activity or incident pursuant to that program to an appropriate authority, shall not be liable for damages in any action brought in a Federal or State court which result from any act or omission unless such person is guilty of gross negligence or willful misconduct. |
(Pub. L. 109–90, title V, §541, Oct. 18, 2005, 119 Stat. 2089.) |
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006, and not as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 6 - DOMESTIC SECURITY |
Bills and Statutes |
United States Code |
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Title 6 - DOMESTIC SECURITY CHAPTER 1 - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION SUBCHAPTER VIII - COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS Part I - Information Sharing Sec. 486 - Limitation of liability |
section 486 |
2019 |
January 24, 2020 |
No |
standard |
119 Stat. 2089 |
Public Law 109-90 |