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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1205 
To prohibit certain sex offenders from entering or using the services of 
certain emergency shelters, to authorize the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency to designate emergency shelters for such 
sex offenders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2025 
Ms. MACE (for herself, Ms. BOEBERT, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. VAN DREW, 
and Mrs. LUNA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit certain sex offenders from entering or using 
the services of certain emergency shelters, to authorize 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency to designate emergency shelters for such 
sex offenders, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Shelters Act of 
2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR SEX OFFENDERS. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF UNDESIGNATED SHEL-
TERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except for the purpose of 
seeking information on designated shelters, a cov-
ered sex offender may not enter or use the services 
of an undesignated shelter. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—A covered sex offender 
who enters an undesignated shelter shall, imme-
diately upon entering such shelter, notify any indi-
vidual operating such shelter that such offender is 
required to register on the National Sex Offender 
Registry. 
(3) PROVISION
OF
INFORMATION.—Upon re-
ceiving a notification from a covered sex offender 
under paragraph (2), the individual so notified shall 
inform such offender of— 
(A) any designated shelter; and 
(B) the prohibition in paragraph (1). 
(4) PENALTY.—Whoever, in or affecting inter-
state commerce, being a covered sex offender, know-
ingly fails to comply with paragraph (1) or (2) shall 
be fined under title 18, United States Code, impris-
oned not more than 5 years, or both. 
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(5) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall 
take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) DESIGNATED SHELTERS
FOR SEX OFFEND-
ERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency may, as 
necessary, designate a Federal building or Federal 
prison from the lists created pursuant to paragraph 
(2) as a designated shelter for the duration, as de-
termined by the Administrator, of a disaster de-
scribed in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122). 
(2) LISTS OF BUILDINGS AND PRISONS.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act and on an ongoing basis thereafter, the Ad-
ministrator of the General Services Administration 
and Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall each 
make available to the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency a list of available 
Federal buildings or Federal prisons, as appropriate, 
that the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency may designate pursuant to 
paragraph (1). 
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(3) DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION.—The Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall make available to each individual oper-
ating an undesignated shelter information on each 
designated shelter. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED SEX OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered sex offender’’ means a sex offender who is re-
quired to register on the National Sex Offender Reg-
istry under section 113 of the Adam Walsh Child 
Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 
20913). 
(2) DESIGNATED
SHELTER.—The term ‘‘des-
ignated shelter’’ means an emergency shelter that is 
designated for use under this section by covered sex 
offenders only. 
(3) EMERGENCY SHELTER.—The term ‘‘emer-
gency shelter’’ means a shelter run by the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency or a State or local 
government in response to a disaster described in 
section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 
(4) NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.—The 
term ‘‘National Sex Offender Registry’’ means the 
national database established under section 119 of 
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the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
2006 (34 U.S.C. 20921). 
(5) SEX OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘sex offender’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 111 of 
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911). 
(6) UNDESIGNATED SHELTER.—The term ‘‘un-
designated shelter’’ means an emergency shelter 
other than a designated shelter. 
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