Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Limiting Liability for Critical Infrastructure Manufacturers Act”.
Limiting Liability for Critical Infrastructure Manufacturers Act
A BILL
To make immune from liability any manufacturer of critical infrastructure for claims resulting from wildfire incidents, and for other purposes.
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
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.
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)).
Manufacturer defined— In this Act, the term manufacturer has the meaning given to those entities within the critical manufacturing sector pursuant to section 2220A(a)(2) of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022.