,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #af1        
#bjai,ms4 ,mc,collum 7for herself1 ,mrs4
 ,hartzler1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri1   
,mr4 ,phillips1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mrs4     
,watson ,coleman1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,ms4  
,kuster of ,new ,hampshire1 ,mr4        
,fitzpatrick1 and ,ms4 ,gabbard7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,reform1 and in addition 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require executive agencies and ,federal 
courts to comply with address           
confidentiality programs1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,safe at ,home ,act4
  #b4 ,executive agency and ,federal    
court compliance with ,state address    

confidentiality programs  7a7 ,in       
general ,each executive 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 ,a participant
 shall not be subject to ,federal       
regulatory1 civil1 or criminal penalties
 for providing a designated address in  
lieu of the participant's actual        
physical address4  7c7 ,regulatory      
compliance with address confidentiality 
programs ,not later than #a year after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
each executive agency shall review and1 
as necessary1 modify existing           
regulations to comply with this ,act4   
7d7 ,compliance with address            
confidentiality program procedures and  
exemption from ,,foia ,in the case of an
 executive agency or ,federal court     
seeking to acquire the actual physical  

address of a participant1 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 ,act71 except that in     
extreme circumstances a court may order 
the disclosure of that address pursuant 
to such request subject to a protective 
order against further disclosure4  7e7  
,prompt notification upon termination   
from participation ,if an individual's  
participation in an address             
confidentiality program is terminated1  
that individual shall promptly notify   
each executive agency or ,federal court 
that accepted a designated address under
 subsection 7a74  7f7 ,definition ,in   
this ,act3 7#a7 ,address confidentiality
 program ,the term address              

confidentiality program means a program 
implemented pursuant to ,state law that 
provides a designated address1 provides 
a mail-forwarding service1 and is       
designated by the program participant as
 their legal agent to receive service of
 process4  7#b7 ,designated address ,the
 term designated address means an       
address assigned by an address          
confidentiality program for a program   
participant to use in lieu of the       
participant's actual physical address4  
7#c7 ,executive agency ,the term        
executive agency has the meaning given  
the term in section #aje of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code1 except that such 
term does not include the ,census       
,bureau4  7#d7 ,participant ,the term   
participant means an adult or minor who 
is enrolled in an address               
confidentiality program4  7#e7 ,physical
 address ,the term physical address     
means a program participant's actual    
home1 school1 or employment address4    
7#f7 ,state ,the term ,state means each 

of the ,states1 the ,district of        
,columbia1 each territory or possession 
of the ,united ,states1 and each        
federally recognized ,indian ,tribe4