§444 — Title 6 Domestic Security | U.S. Code

§444 Definitions

Title 6 › Chapter 1— HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter VIII— COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part G— Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies › § 444

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

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Defines key words used in this part. Qualified anti-terrorism technology means a product, device, service, or information technology that is made or chosen to prevent, detect, identify, deter, or reduce harm from terrorist acts and that the Secretary calls by that name. Act of terrorism means an unlawful act the Secretary says meets certain criteria: it harms people, property, or organizations in the United States (or affects U.S. air carriers or certain U.S-based vessels anywhere) and uses or tries to use tools or methods meant to cause mass death, injury, or big loss. Insurance carrier means any legal entity that sells commercial property and casualty insurance, including affiliates. Liability insurance covers four kinds of legal claims: damage to others’ property; lost income or extra costs from that damage; injury to people who are not the insured or its employees; and losses from another’s debt or default. Loss means death, physical injury, or property damage, including business interruption. Non-Federal Government customers are buyers who are not U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities with indemnification power under Public Law 85–804 (50 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), such as state and local governments and private businesses.

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For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:

(1)For purposes of this part, the term “qualified anti-terrorism technology” means any product, equipment, service (including support services), device, or technology (including information technology) designed, developed, modified, or procured for the specific purpose of preventing, detecting, identifying, or deterring acts of terrorism or limiting the harm such acts might otherwise cause, that is designated as such by the Secretary.

(2)(A)The term “act of terrorism” means any act that the Secretary determines meets the requirements under subparagraph (B), as such requirements are further defined and specified by the Secretary.

(B)An act meets the requirements of this subparagraph if the act—

(i)is unlawful;

(ii)causes harm to a person, property, or entity, in the United States, or in the case of a domestic United States air carrier or a United States-flag vessel (or a vessel based principally in the United States on which United States income tax is paid and whose insurance coverage is subject to regulation in the United States), in or outside the United States; and

(iii)uses or attempts to use instrumentalities, weapons or other methods designed or intended to cause mass destruction, injury or other loss to citizens or institutions of the United States.

(3)The term “insurance carrier” means any corporation, association, society, order, firm, company, mutual,11 So in original. partnership, individual aggregation of individuals, or any other legal entity that provides commercial property and casualty insurance. Such term includes any affiliates of a commercial insurance carrier.

(4)(A)The term “liability insurance” means insurance for legal liabilities incurred by the insured resulting from—

(i)loss of or damage to property of others;

(ii)ensuing loss of income or extra expense incurred because of loss of or damage to property of others;

(iii)bodily injury (including) to persons other than the insured or its employees; or

(iv)loss resulting from debt or default of another.

(5)The term “loss” means death, bodily injury, or loss of or damage to property, including business interruption loss.

(6)The term “non-Federal Government customers” means any customer of a Seller that is not an agency or instrumentality of the United States Government with authority under Public Law 85–804 [50 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.] to provide for indemnification under certain circumstances for third-party claims against its contractors, including but not limited to State and local authorities and commercial entities.

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Public Law 85–804, referred to in par. (6), is Pub. L. 85–804, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 972, which is classified generally to chapter 29 (§ 1431 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

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