[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1640 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1640

 To provide liability protection for individuals who report suspicious 
                 behavior to law enforcement agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2007

Mr. Pearce (for himself, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Kline of 
Minnesota, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. 
  Westmoreland, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. McCotter, and Mr. McKeon) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide liability protection for individuals who report suspicious 
                 behavior to law enforcement agencies.

    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 ``Protecting Americans Fighting 
Terrorism Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO REPORT SUSPICIOUS 
              BEHAVIOR.

    (a) In General.--An individual shall not be liable for any injury 
or damages relating to such individual's qualified disclosure of 
suspicious behavior. A civil action for damages related to such 
disclosure may not be brought in any State or Federal court.
    (b) Qualified Disclosure of Suspicious Behavior.--For purposes of 
this section, the term ``qualified disclosure of suspicious behavior'' 
means any disclosure of the allegedly suspicious behavior of another 
individual or individuals to a Federal, State, or local law enforcement 
agency or other security personnel that is made in good faith and with 
the reasonable belief that such behavior is suspicious.
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