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6 U.S.C. § 486

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Title
6 — Domestic Security
Chapter
CH1
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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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.) Editorial Notes 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.

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