[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9608 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9608

      To make immune from liability any manufacturer of critical 
 infrastructure for claims resulting from wildfire incidents, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2024

Mrs. Miller-Meeks introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To make immune from liability any manufacturer of critical 
 infrastructure for claims resulting from wildfire incidents, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Limiting Liability for Critical 
Infrastructure Manufacturers Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

    Congress finds that the manufacture of critical infrastructure is 
necessary to ``strengthen and maintain secure, functioning, and 
resilient critical infrastructure'' (PPD-21, February 12, 2013).

SEC. 3. LIMITED LIABILITY.

    (a) In General.--Any manufacturer of critical infrastructure 
equipment shall be immune from suit and liability under Federal and 
State law with respect to all claims for loss caused by, arising out 
of, relating to, or resulting from wildfire incidents, absent proof the 
manufacturer engaged in willful misconduct in the design or production 
of such equipment.
    (b) Critical Infrastructure Defined.--In this Act, the term 
``critical infrastructure'' has the meaning given such term in section 
1016(e) of the USA PATRIOT Act (42 U.S.C. 5195(e)).
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