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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2786 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to permit access to databases maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for purposes 

of complying with sex offender registry and notification laws, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 11, 2006 

Mr. VITTER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to permit access 

to databases maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for purposes of complying with sex offender registry and notification laws, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR ACCESS TO FEMA DATA4 BASES TO COMPLY WITH SEX OFFENDER 

5 REGISTRY AND NOTIFICATION LAWS. 

6 Section 552a(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(13) disclosure of a record— 

7 ‘‘(A) contained in a system of records 

8 maintained by the Federal Emergency Manage9 ment Agency regarding assistance provided to 

10 individuals in connection with a major disaster 

11 or emergency (as those terms are defined in 

12 section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

13 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 5122)); and 

15 ‘‘(B) for purposes of disclosure to another 

16 government agency or to an instrumentality of 

17 any governmental jurisdiction within or under 

18 the control of the United States for purposes of 

19 complying with a Federal or State sex offender 

20 registry or notification law.’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS MAINTAINED BY NON2 GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PRO3 VIDING EVACUATION ASSISTANCE. 

4 Title III of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

5 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5141 et seq.) 

6 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 326. DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS MAINTAINED BY NON8 GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PRO9 VIDING EVACUATION ASSISTANCE. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receipt of Fed11 eral funds under this Act for services related to evacuating 

12 individuals from an area in response to a hazard (as that 

13 term is defined in section 602) or threat of a hazard, a 

14 nongovernmental organization shall provide assurances 

15 satisfactory to the President that the organization shall 

16 disclose to the Federal Government or a State or local gov17 ernment, upon written request, records maintained by the 

18 organization in connection with such services, if the pur19 pose of the disclosure is to permit the Federal Government 

20 or a State or local government to comply with a Federal 

21 or State sex offender registry or notification law. 

22 ‘‘(b) LIABILITY PROTECTION.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

24 provision of law and except as provided in paragraph 

25 (2), a civil action against an organization or any em26 ployee of an organization for damages related to the 


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1 disclosure of a record to the Federal Government or 

2 a State or local government under subsection (a) 

3 may not be brought in any Federal or State Court. 

4 ‘‘(2) FALSE INFORMATION.—Paragraph (1) 

5 shall not apply if— 

6 ‘‘(A) the information disclosed is false; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the person providing the information 

8 knew that the information was false.’’. 

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