Title 6 — Domestic Security
Chapter 6 — Cybersecurity
§ 1505. Protection from liability
Statutory text
Monitoring of information systems
No cause of action shall lie or be maintained in any court against any private entity, and such action shall be promptly dismissed, for the monitoring of an information system and information under section 1503(a) of this title that is conducted in accordance with this subchapter.
Sharing or receipt of cyber threat indicators
No cause of action shall lie or be maintained in any court against any private entity, and such action shall be promptly dismissed, for the sharing or receipt of a cyber threat indicator or defensive measure under section 1503(c) of this title if—
such sharing or receipt is conducted in accordance with this subchapter; and
in a case in which a cyber threat indicator or defensive measure is shared with the Federal Government, the cyber threat indicator or defensive measure is shared in a manner that is consistent with section 1504(c)(1)(B) of this title and the sharing or receipt, as the case may be, occurs after the earlier of—
the date on which the interim policies and procedures are submitted to Congress under section 1504(a)(1) of this title and guidelines are submitted to Congress under section 1504(b)(1) of this title; or
the date that is 60 days after .
Construction
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed—
to create—
a duty to share a cyber threat indicator or defensive measure; or
a duty to warn or act based on the receipt of a cyber threat indicator or defensive measure; or
to undermine or limit the availability of otherwise applicable common law or statutory defenses.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2016
Pub. L. 114–113 div. N title I § 106 · 129 Stat. 2242
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 1505
(Pub. L. 114–113, div. N, title I, § 106, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2950.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–113, div. N, title I, § 106, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2950.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Pub. L. 114–113, div. N, title I, § 106, , 129 Stat. 2950.)