[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3394 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3394

    To prohibit the sharing of certain information with respect to 
individuals who are victims of major disasters, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2021

Ms. Garcia of Texas (for herself, Ms. Omar, Ms. Norton, and Ms. Jackson 
Lee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
                  on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the sharing of certain information with respect to 
individuals who are victims of major disasters, 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 ``Protect Victims of Major Disasters 
Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT DURING MAJOR DISASTERS.

    (a) Information Sharing.--Information collected by the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with respect to an individual who is 
a victim of a major disaster may not be shared with an immigration 
enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security for the 
purpose of immigration enforcement.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Immigration enforcement agency.--The term ``immigration 
        enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security'' 
        includes:
                    (A) The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
                    (B) The U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
            (2) Major disaster.--The term ``major disaster'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 102 of the Robert T. 
        Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
        U.S.C. 5122).
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