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

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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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