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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1889 

To require Federal agencies and Federal courts to comply with address 

confidentiality programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 

Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. CAPITO, Mrs. MCCASKILL, 

Mr. CORNYN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To require Federal agencies and Federal courts to comply 

with address confidentiality programs, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding Address5 es From Emerging at Home Act’’ or the ‘‘SAFE at Home 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 


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1 (1) ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM.— 

2 The term ‘‘address confidentiality program’’ means 

3 a program implemented by a State that provides a 

4 designated address to an eligible individual for use 

5 in lieu of the individual’s actual physical address. 

6 (2) ACTUAL PHYSICAL ADDRESS.—The term 

7 ‘‘actual physical address’’ may include the address of 

8 the individual’s residence, school, and place of em9 ployment. 

10 (3) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 

11 individual’’ means an individual who is determined, 

12 pursuant to an address confidentiality program— 

13 (A) to be at risk to be a victim of domestic 

14 violence, rape, sexual assault, human traf15 ficking, stalking, or who otherwise fears for 

16 their safety; or 

17 (B) to reside in the same household as an 

18 individual described in subparagraph (A). 

19 SEC. 3. FEDERAL AGENCY AND FEDERAL COURT COMPLI20 ANCE WITH STATE ADDRESS CONFIDEN21 TIALITY PROGRAMS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal agency and Federal 

23 court shall accept, for any purpose for which an individual 

24 is required to provide an address to the agency or court, 


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1 an address designated to that individual pursuant to an 

2 address confidentiality program. 

3 (b) EXEMPTION FROM LIABILITY.—An individual 

4 who provides to a Federal agency or Federal court an ad5 dress which is designated to that individual pursuant to 

6 an address confidentiality program shall not be subject to 

7 any Federal regulatory, civil, or criminal penalties for pro8 viding such address in lieu of the individual’s actual phys9 ical address. 

10 (c) COMPLIANCE WITH ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY

11 PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND EXEMPTION FROM FOIA.— 

12 In the case of a Federal agency or Federal court seeking 

13 to acquire the actual physical address of an individual de14 scribed in subsection (a), the agency or court shall comply 

15 with any applicable procedures of the address confiden16 tiality program for acquiring such address. Upon acquir17 ing such an address, the address shall be considered con18 fidential, and shall not be subject to any request pursuant 

19 to section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 

20 referred to as the ‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’). 

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