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Union Calendar No. 186 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2695 

[Report No. 109–336] 

To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to protect the personally identifying information of victims of domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 26, 2005 

Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself and Ms. HARRIS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

DECEMBER 13, 2005 

Additional sponsors: Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLAY, Ms. LEE, Mr. TOWNS, 

Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. CONYERS, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. WATERS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CAPUANO, 

Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. CARSON, Mr. WYNN, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. 

CUMMINGS, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 

SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. 

MCNULTY, Mr. HINOJOSA, and Mr. DAVIS of Illinois 

DECEMBER 13, 2005 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to 

protect the personally identifying information of victims 
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of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Housing Identity 

5 Exception for the Lives of Domestic Violence Victims Act’’ 

6 or the ‘‘SHIELD Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS 

8 ASSISTANCE ACT. 

9 Section 423(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As10 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(a)) is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(8) CONFIDENTIALITY.— 

13 ‘‘(A) HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS AND

14 PROGRAMS.—In the course of awarding grants 

15 or implementing programs under this sub16 section, the Secretary shall instruct any recipi17 ent or subgrantee not to disclose to any person, 

18 agency, or entity any personally identifying in19 formation about any client if the Secretary, re20 cipient, or subgrantee believes, based upon rea21 sonable evidence, that the client is— 

22 ‘‘(i) a victim of domestic violence, dat23 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the parent or guardian of a 

2 minor victim of domestic violence, dating 

3 violence, sexual assault, or stalking; or 

4 ‘‘(iii) the dependent or minor child of 

5 a victim of domestic violence, dating vio6 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

7 ‘‘(B) OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE PRO8 GRAMS.—The Secretary shall not require or ask 

9 a recipient or subgrantee of any other Federal 

10 or State program to disclose personally identi11 fying information about any clients if the per12 sons, agencies, or entities implementing those 

13 programs believe, based upon reasonable evi14 dence, that those clients are— 

15 ‘‘(i) victims of domestic violence, dat16 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

17 ‘‘(ii) the parents or guardians of 

18 minor victims of domestic violence, dating 

19 violence, sexual assault, or stalking; or 

20 ‘‘(iii) the dependents or minor chil21 dren of victims of domestic violence, dating 

22 violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

23 ‘‘(C) HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMA24 TION SYSTEMS.—The Secretary shall instruct 

25 any recipient or subgrantee under this sub-
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1 section or any recipient or subgrantee of any 

2 other Federal or State program participating in 

3 any homeless management information system 

4 funded in whole or in part under this subsection 

5 that personally identifying information about 

6 any client may only be submitted to a homeless 

7 management information system if the program 

8 seeking to disclose such information has ob9 tained informed, reasonably time-limited, writ10 ten consent from the client to whom the infor11 mation relates. The Secretary may require or 

12 ask any recipient or subgrantee to share non13 personally identifying data in the aggregate re14 garding services to clients and nonpersonally 

15 identifying demographic information in order to 

16 comply with the data collection requirements of 

17 homeless management information systems. 

18 ‘‘(D) DEFINITION.—As used in this para19 graph, the term personally identifying informa20 tion means information from or about an indi21 vidual that could be used to identify such indi22 vidual, including— 

23 ‘‘(i) first and last name; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) a home or other physical address, 

2 including street name, name of city or 

3 town, and ZIP code; 

4 ‘‘(iii) an email address or other online 

5 contact information, such as an instant 

6 messaging user identifier or a screen name 

7 that reveals an individual’s email address; 

8 ‘‘(iv) a telephone number; 

9 ‘‘(v) a social security number; 

10 ‘‘(vi) an Internet Protocol address or 

11 host name that identifies an individual; 

12 ‘‘(vii) a persistent identifier, such as a 

13 customer number held in a ‘cookie’ or 

14 processor serial number, that is combined 

15 with other available data that identifies an 

16 individual; and 

17 ‘‘(viii) any other information, includ18 ing grade point average, date of birth, aca19 demic or occupational interests, athletic or 

20 extracurricular interests, racial or ethnic 

21 background, or religious affiliation, that, in 

22 combination with any of the above, would 

23 serve to identify any individual.’’. 
Union Calendar No. 186 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2695 

[Report No. 109–336] 

A BILL 

To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistviolence, sexual assault, and stalking. formation of victims of domestic violence, dating ance Act to protect the personally identifying inDECEMBER 13, 2005 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed