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Limiting Liability for Critical Infrastructure Manufacturers Act
To make immune from liability any manufacturer of critical infrastructure for claims resulting from wildfire incidents, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would provide immunity from liability for manufacturers of critical infrastructure equipment for claims arising from wildfire incidents under both Federal and State law, except in cases where the manufacturer engaged in willful misconduct in the design or production of the equipment. The immunity would apply to all losses caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from wildfire incidents. Critical infrastructure and manufacturers are defined by reference to existing definitions in Federal law.
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Sponsor (1)
21 cosponsors
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH)
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA)
- Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] (R-VA)
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO)
- Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] (R-WI)
- Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] (R-ID)
- Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26] (R-TX)
- Rep. Haridopolos, Mike [R-FL-8] (R-FL)
- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN)
- Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH)
- Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] (R-TX)
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA)
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO)
- Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6] (R-AL)
- Rep. Patronis, Jimmy [R-FL-1] (R-FL)
- Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6] (R-OH)
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS)
- Rep. Strong, Dale W. [R-AL-5] (R-AL)
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI)
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX)
- Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] (R-TX)
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Actions (2)
- Jun 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jun 26, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 26, 2025
Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself, Mr. Latta, and Mr. Tiffany) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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)).
(c) 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. <all>
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