15 CFR § 700.90 - Protection against claims.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s700.90"
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title: "15 CFR § 700.90 - Protection against claims."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "700.90"
section_name: "Protection against claims."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL SECURITY INDUSTRIAL BASE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "700"
part_name: "DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "50 U.S.C. 4501  42 U.S.C. 5195,  50 U.S.C. 3816; 10 U.S.C. 2538; 50 U.S.C. 82; E.O. 12656, 53 FR 226, 3 CFR, 1988 Comp., p. 585; E.O. 12742, 56 FR 1079, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 309; E.O. 13603, 77 FR 16651, 3 CFR, 2012 Comp., p. 225."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989."
cfr_part: "700"
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# 700.90 Protection against claims.

A person shall not be held liable for damages or penalties for any act or failure to act resulting directly or indirectly from compliance with any provision of this part, or an official action, notwithstanding that such provision or action shall subsequently be declared invalid by judicial or other competent authority.

[49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as amended at 79 FR 47571, Aug. 14, 2014]