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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "49 U.S.C. § 44941"
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description: "Immunity for reporting suspicious activities"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 49
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title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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chapter_number: "449"
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chapter_name: "SECURITY"
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section: "44941"
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citation: "49 U.S.C. § 44941"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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---
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# 49 U.S.C. § 44941 - Immunity for reporting suspicious activities
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## Text
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(a) In General.— 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.
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(b) Application.— Subsection (a) shall not apply to—
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(1) any disclosure made with actual knowledge that the disclosure was false, inaccurate, or misleading; or
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(2) any disclosure made with reckless disregard as to the truth or falsity of that disclosure.
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(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.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–254 inserted “the Department of Homeland Security,” after “Department of Transportation,”.
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