I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 441 
To grant immunity from civil liability to any person who voluntarily notifies 
appropriate security personnel of suspicious activity believed to threaten 
transportation safety or security or takes reasonable action to mitigate 
such activity. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2009 
Mr. REHBERG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To grant immunity from civil liability to any person who 
voluntarily notifies appropriate security personnel of sus-
picious activity believed to threaten transportation safety 
or security or takes reasonable action to mitigate such 
activity. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. IMMUNITY FOR REPORTING SUSPICIOUS BE-
HAVIOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who, in good faith, 
makes, or causes to be made, a voluntary disclosure of 
any suspicious transaction, activity, or occurrence indi-
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cating that an individual may be engaging, or preparing 
to engage, in an action described in section 3 to any em-
ployee or agent of the Department of Homeland Security, 
the Department of Transportation, or the Department of 
Justice, any Federal, State, or local law enforcement offi-
cer, any transportation security officer, or any employee 
or agent of a transportation system shall be immune from 
civil liability to any person for such disclosure under any 
Federal, State, or local law. 
(b) FALSE DISCLOSURES.—Subsection (a) shall not 
apply to any statement or disclosure that the person mak-
ing the statement or disclosure knows to be false at the 
time it is made. 
SEC. 2. IMMUNITY FOR MITIGATION OF THREATS. 
Any person in receipt of a report described in section 
1 who takes reasonable action to mitigate a suspicious ac-
tion described in section 3 shall be immune from civil li-
ability to any person for such action under any Federal, 
State, or local law. 
SEC. 3. COVERED DISCLOSURES. 
The actions described in this section are possible or 
attempted violations of law relating to— 
(1) a threat to a transportation system or the 
safety or security of its passengers; or 
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(2) an act of terrorism (as defined in section 
3077 of title 18, United States Code) that involves, 
or is directed against, a transportation system or its 
passengers. 
SEC. 4. ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS. 
Any person who is named as a defendant in a civil 
lawsuit for making a voluntary disclosure described in sec-
tion 1 or for taking an action described in section 2, and 
is found to be immune from civil liability under this Act, 
shall be entitled to recover from the plaintiff all reasonable 
costs and attorney fees allowed by the court in which the 
lawsuit was decided. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on November 20, 2006, and 
shall apply to all activities and claims occurring on or after 
such date. 
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