[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR206.15]

[Page 421]
 
              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 206--FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR DISASTERS DECLARED ON OR AFTER 
NOVEMBER 23, 1988--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 206.15  Recovery of assistance.

    (a) Party liable. Any person who intentionally causes a condition 
for which Federal assistance is provided under this Act or under any 
other Federal law as a result of a declaration of a major disaster or 
emergency under this Act shall be liable to the United States for the 
reasonable costs incurred by the United States in responding to such 
disaster or emergency to the extent that such costs are attributable to 
the intentional act or omission of such person which caused such 
condition. Such action shall be brought in an appropriate United States 
District Court.
    (b) Rendering of care. A person shall not be liable under this 
section for costs incurred by the United States as a result of actions 
taken or omitted by such person in the course of rendering care or 
assistance in response to a major disaster or emergency.