119 HR 4194 IH: Limiting Liability for Critical Infrastructure Manufacturers Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-06-26 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4194IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJune 26, 2025Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself, Mr. Latta, and Mr. Tiffany) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo make immune from liability any manufacturer of critical infrastructure for claims resulting from wildfire incidents, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Limiting Liability for Critical Infrastructure Manufacturers Act.

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).

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.