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I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1656 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 22, 2007 Mr. Poe (for himself and Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to permit access to databases maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for purposes of complying with sex offender registry and notification laws, and for other purposes.

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Requirement for access to FEMA databases to comply with sex offender registry and notification laws

Section 552a(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1)by striking or at the end of paragraph (11); (2)by striking the period at the end of paragraph (12) and inserting ; or; and (3)by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (13) disclosure of a record contained in a system of records maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on assistance provided to individuals in connection with a major disaster or emergency, for purposes of disclosure to another agency or to an instrumentality of any governmental jurisdiction within or under the control of the United States for purposes of complying with a Federal or State sex offender registry or notification law. .

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Disclosure of records maintained by nongovernmental organizations providing evacuation assistance

Title III of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

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Disclosure of records maintained by nongovernmental organizations providing evacuation assistance

(a)

In general

As a condition of receipt of Federal funds under this Act for services related to evacuating individuals from an area in response to a hazard or threat of a hazard, a nongovernmental organization shall provide assurances satisfactory to the President that the organization will disclose to a jurisdiction, upon written request, records maintained by the organization in connection with such services if the purpose of the disclosure is to permit the jurisdiction to comply with a Federal or State sex offender registry or notification law. (b)

Liability protection

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no organization or any employee thereof disclosing a record to a jurisdiction pursuant to an assurance made under subsection (a) shall be held, by reason of making the disclosure, to be liable in damages under any law of the United States or of any State (or political subdivision thereof) unless the information disclosed is false and the person providing the information knew that the information was false.

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