SAFE at Home Act

Bill: 115-hr-3887
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2017-09-28
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Crime victims

Domestic violence and child abuse

Government information and archives

Human trafficking

Judicial procedure and administration

Sex offenses
Latest action: action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Safeguarding Addresses From Emerging at Home Act or the SAFE at Home Act</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3887 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 A BILL To require Federal agencies and Federal courts to comply with address confidentiality programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding Addresses From Emerging at Home Act or the SAFE at Home Act . 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).