Title: SAFE at Home Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Safeguarding Addresses From Emerging at Home Act or the SAFE at Home Act
This bill requires each federal agency and federal court to accept, for any purpose for which an individual is required to provide an address to the agency or court, an address designated to that individual pursuant to an address confidentiality program. An individual who provides an address pursuant to such a program shall not be subject to any federal regulatory, civil, or criminal penalties for providing such address in lieu of the individual's actual physical address.
An address confidentiality program is a state-implemented program that provides a designated address in lieu of the individual's actual physical address to an individual who: (1) is determined to be at risk of being a victim of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, human trafficking, or stalking or who otherwise fears for their safety; or (2) resides in the same household as such an individual.
An agency or court seeking to acquire such individual's actual address shall comply with applicable procedures of such a program. Such address shall be considered confidential and shall not be subject to a Freedom of Information Act request.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3887 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3887

 To require Federal agencies and Federal courts to comply with address 
           confidentiality programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2017

Mr. Smith of Missouri (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. Hartzler, and Mr. 
   Kennedy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require Federal agencies and Federal courts to comply with address 
           confidentiality programs, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguarding Addresses From Emerging 
at Home Act'' or the ``SAFE at Home Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL AGENCY AND FEDERAL COURT COMPLIANCE WITH STATE ADDRESS 
              CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Each Federal agency and Federal court shall 
accept, for any purpose for which an individual is required to provide 
an address to the agency or court, an address designated to that 
individual pursuant to an address confidentiality program.
    (b) Exemption From Liability.--An individual who provides to a 
Federal agency or Federal court an address which is designated to that 
individual pursuant to an address confidentiality program shall not be 
subject to any Federal regulatory, civil, or criminal penalties for 
providing such address in lieu of the individual's actual physical 
address.
    (c) Compliance With Address Confidentiality Program Procedures and 
Exemption From FOIA.--In the case of a Federal agency or Federal court 
seeking to acquire the actual physical address of an individual 
described in subsection (a), the agency or court shall comply with any 
applicable procedures of the address confidentiality program for 
acquiring such address. Upon acquiring such an address, the address 
shall be considered confidential, and shall not be subject to any 
request pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the ``Freedom of Information Act'').
    (d) Definition.--In this Act:
            (1) The term ``address confidentiality program'' means a 
        program implemented by a State which provides a designated 
        address to an eligible individual for use in lieu of the 
        individual's actual physical address.
            (2) The term ``actual physical address'' may include the 
        address of the individual's residence, school, and place of 
        employment.
            (3) The term ``eligible individual'' means an individual 
        who is determined, pursuant to an address confidentiality 
        program--
                    (A) to be at risk to be a victim of domestic 
                violence, rape, sexual assault, human trafficking, 
                stalking, or who otherwise fears for their safety; or
                    (B) to reside in the same household as an 
                individual described in subparagraph (A).
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