,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahhi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bh1
 #bjag,mr4 ,blunt 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,klobuchar1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mrs4        
,mc,caskill1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mr4         
,blumenthal1 and ,ms4 ,hassan7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require ,federal agencies and ,federal  
courts to comply with address           
confidentiality programs1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,safeguarding       
,addresses ,from ,emerging at ,home ,act
 or the ,,safe at ,home ,act4  #b4      
,definitions ,in this ,act3  7#a7       
,address confidentiality program ,the   
term address confidentiality program    
means a program implemented by a ,state 
that provides a designated address to an
 eligible individual for use in lieu of 
the individual's actual physical        

address4  7#b7 ,actual physical address 
,the term actual physical address may   
include the address of the individual's 
residence1 school1 and place of         
employment4  7#c7 ,eligible individual  
,the term eligible individual means an  
individual who is determined1 pursuant  
to an address confidentiality program-- 
7,a7 to be at risk to be a victim of    
domestic violence1 rape1 sexual assault1
 human trafficking1 stalking1 or who    
otherwise fears for their safety2 or    
7,b7 to reside in the same household as 
an individual described in subparagraph 
7,a74  #c4 ,federal agency and ,federal 
court compliance with ,state address    
confidentiality programs  7a7 ,in       
general ,each ,federal agency and       
,federal court shall accept1 for any    
purpose for which an individual is      
required to provide an address to the   
agency or court1 an address designated  
to that individual pursuant to an       
address confidentiality program4  7b7   
,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    
regulatory1 civil1 or criminal penalties
 for providing such address in lieu of  
the individual's actual physical        
address4  7c7 ,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 7a71 the agency or court     
shall comply with any applicable        
procedures of the address               
confidentiality program for acquiring   
such address4 ,upon acquiring such an   
address1 the address shall be considered
 confidential1 and shall not be subject 
to any request pursuant to section #eeb 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code      
7commonly referred to as the ,freedom of
 ,information ,act74