; or (II) to access only in exceptional circumstances; and (ii) does not include a geographical area or structure from which law enforcement officers are briefly withheld as a tactical decision intended to resolve safely and expeditiously a specific and ongoing unlawful incident posing an imminent threat to the safety of individuals or law enforcement officers; and (B) the term riot has the meaning given the term in section 2102 of title 18, United States Code. (2) A person with the lawful authority to direct a law enforcement agency shall be subject to treble damages for a violation of subsection (a) if the violation relates to the person's use of such authority to— (A) establish or recognize, whether formally or informally, a law enforcement free zone; or (B) prohibit law enforcement officers from taking law enforcement action related to a riot for any reason other than to prevent imminent harm to the safety of law enforcement officers. . 4. Liability for law-enforcement free zones and standing down during rioting (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Law enforcement free zone The term law enforcement free zone has the meaning given the term in subsection (b) of section 1979 of the Revised Statutes ( 42 U.S.C. 1983 ), as added by section 3 of this Act. (2) Riot The term riot has the meaning given the term in section 2102 of title 18, United States Code. (b) Liability for law enforcement free zones (1) In general A person with the lawful authority to direct a law enforcement agency shall be liable to any person who suffers severe physical injury or death as the result of a third-party’s criminal conduct or whose property is substantially damaged or destroyed as the result of a third-party’s criminal conduct if— (A) the person directed the law enforcement agency to establish or recognize, whether formally or informally, a law enforcement free zone; (B) the criminal conduct and associated harm was foreseeable and occurred in the law enforcement free zone