6 USC § 486 - Limitation of liability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t6/s486"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "6 USC § 486 - Limitation of liability"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "486"
section_name: "Limitation of liability"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "Information Sharing"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–90, title V, § 541, Oct. 18, 2005, 119 Stat. 2089.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (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.