119-hr1205

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1205 Introduced in House

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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.

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 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

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 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 Management Agency to designate emergency shelters for 
 such sex offenders, 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 ``Safe Shelters Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR SEX OFFENDERS.

    (a) Prohibition on Use of Undesignated Shelters.--

    (1) In general.--Except for the purpose of seeking 
 information on designated shelters, a covered 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, immediately upon entering such 
 shelter, notify any individual operating such shelter that such 
 offender is required to register on the National Sex Offender 
 Registry.

    (3) Provision of information.--Upon receiving 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 interstate commerce, 
 being a covered sex offender, knowingly fails to comply with 
 paragraph

    (1) or

    (2) shall be fined under title 18, United 
 States Code, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.

    (5) Effective date.--This subsection shall take effect 180 
 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

    (b) Designated Shelters for Sex Offenders.--

    (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 
 determined by the Administrator, of a disaster described in 
 

section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 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 Administrator 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) .

    (3) Distribution of information.--The Administrator of the 
 Federal Emergency Management Agency shall make available to 
 each individual operating an undesignated shelter information 
 on each designated shelter.
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Covered sex offender.--The term ``covered sex 
 offender'' means a sex offender who is required to register on 
 the National Sex Offender Registry under 

section 113 of the 
 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 
 20913).

    (2) Designated shelter.--The term ``designated shelter'' 
 means an emergency shelter that is designated for use under 
 this section by covered sex offenders only.

    (3) Emergency shelter.--The term ``emergency 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 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 ``undesignated 
 shelter'' means an emergency shelter other than a designated 
 shelter.
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