,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bgbd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #d1 
#bjbe ,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself and  
,mrs4 ,capito7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,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   
,definitions  ,in this section3 7#a7    
,address confidentiality program ,the   
term address confidentiality program    
means a program implemented pursuant to 
,state law that--  7,a7 provides a      
designated address2  7,b7 provides a    
mail-forwarding service2 and  7,c7 is   
designated by a participant as the legal
 agent of the participant to receive    
service of process4  7#b7  ,designated  

address  ,the term designated address   
means an address assigned by an address 
confidentiality program for a           
participant to use in lieu of the       
physical address of the participant4    
7#c7  ,executive agency  7,a7  ,in      
general  ,the term executive agency has 
the meaning given the term ,executive   
agency in section #aje of title #e1     
,united ,states ,code4  7,b7  ,exception
  ,the term executive agency 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 the actual home1 school1  
or employment address of a participant4 
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    
7b7  ,acceptance of address             
confidentiality program  ,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  
7c7  ,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 physical address 
of the participant to an executive      
agency or ,federal court4  7d7          
,regulatory compliance with address     
confidentiality programs  ,not later    
than #a year after the date of enactment
 of this ,act1 each executive agency    
shall review and1 as necessary1 modify  
existing regulations to comply with this
 ,act4  7e7  ,compliance with address   
confidentiality program procedures and  
exemption from ,,foia  7#a7  ,in general
  ,subject to paragraphs 7#c7 and 7#d71 
in the case of an executive agency or   
,federal court seeking to acquire the   

physical address of a participant1 the  
agency or court shall comply with any   
applicable procedures of the applicable 
address confidentiality program for     
acquiring such address4  7#b7  ,,foia   
exemption  ,upon acquiring a physical   
address under paragraph 7#a71 the       
physical address--  7,a7 shall be       
considered confidential2 and  7,b7 shall
 be exempt from disclosure under section
 #eeb of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code
 7commonly referred to as the ,freedom  
of ,information ,act7 for the purpose of
 subsection 7b77#c7 of that section4    
7#c7  ,law enforcement exception  7,a7  
,in general  ,when the physical address 
of a participant is relevant to a       
,federal criminal proceeding1 a ,federal
 court may order the disclosure of the  
physical address to relevant parties    
without regard to the procedures of the 
relevant address confidentiality        
program1 including--  7i7 court officers
 and employees2  7ii7 supervision and   
probation officers2  7iii7 prosecutors2 

7iv7 law enforcement officers2 and  7v7 
any other party determined relevant by  
the ,federal court4  7,b7  ,limitations 
,if a ,federal court orders the         
disclosure of a physical address to a   
party under subparagraph 7,a71 the      
party--  7i7 shall keep the physical    
address confidential2 and  7ii7 may only
 use the physical address for the       
purpose for which the ,federal court    
orders the disclosure4  7#d7            
,administration exception  ,if an       
executive agency requires the physical  
address of a participant in order for   
the executive agency to carry out the   
requirements of ,federal law1 a ,federal
 court may order the disclosure of the  
physical address to the executive agency
 if the head of the executive agency    
makes a written request to the relevant 
address confidentiality program that    
maintains the record specifying--  7,a7 
the particular portion of the record    
desired2 and  7,b7 the activity for     
which the record is sought4  7#e7  ,rule

 of construction  ,nothing in this      
subsection shall be construed to require
 an executive agency to be subject to an
 audit performed by a ,state4  7f7      
,prompt notification upon termination   
from participation  ,if the             
participation of an individual 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 7b74