49 U.S.C. § 44941 — Immunity for reporting suspicious activities
submitted 25 years ago by Pub. L. 107-71 to r/title-49-TRANSPORTATION · 174 words · no verdicts yet
Airlines and their employees who voluntarily report a suspicious activity related to hijacking, safety threats, or terrorism to the right officials cannot be sued for making that report. This protection covers reports to transportation, homeland security, and law enforcement officials. It does not protect someone who knew the report was false or misleading, or who was reckless about whether it was true.
(a) In general. An airline, foreign airline, or any of their employees who voluntarily reports a suspicious transaction that might involve air piracy, a threat to aircraft or passenger safety, or terrorism (as defined in a separate federal criminal statute) to an employee of the Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, any federal, state, or local law enforcement officer, or any airport or airline security officer, cannot be held civilly liable to anyone under any federal or state law for making that report.
(b) Limits. This protection does not apply if the report was made knowing it was false, inaccurate, or misleading, or if it was made with reckless disregard for whether it was true or false.
Any air carrier or foreign air carrier or any employee of an air carrier or foreign air carrier who makes a voluntary disclosure of any suspicious transaction relevant to a possible violation of law or regulation, relating to air piracy, a threat to aircraft or passenger safety, or terrorism, as defined by section 3077 of title 18, United States Code, to any employee or agent of the Department of Transportation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, any Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer, or any airport or airline security officer shall not be civilly liable to any person under any law or regulation of the United States, any constitution, law, or regulation of any State or political subdivision of any State, for such disclosure.
Subsection (a) shall not apply to—
any disclosure made with actual knowledge that the disclosure was false, inaccurate, or misleading; or
any disclosure made with reckless disregard as to the truth or falsity of that disclosure.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 107–71, title I, § 125(a), Nov. 19, 2001, 115 Stat. 631; amended Pub. L. 115–254, div. K, title I, § 1991(d)(32), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3640.)
- 2001Enacted · Pub. L. 107-71 · 115 Stat. 631
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-254 · 132 Stat. 3640
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 107-71 on 2001-11-19.
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