[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 11872-11873]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               ANNOUNCING INTRODUCTION OF THE SHIELD ACT

  (Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I rise today to proudly 
introduce H.R. 2695, the Safe Housing Identification Exemption for the 
Lives of Domestic Violence Victims, the SHIELD Act, with the 
gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Harris). I know of the victims that have 
finally built up the courage to leave their abusive relationships and 
have nowhere to go but to a homeless shelter. I know of the women who 
every day are scared for their lives because their abusers are trying 
to track them down. I know of the victims who are so scared that they 
can be tracked down by their predators, and they probably would not 
seek housing assistance if they knew that HUD required them to disclose 
their personal information, their Social Security numbers, birth date 
and location into the homeless management information system database.
  I am thinking of those abusers who have ready access to this personal 
information. They may be their partners.

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These abusers may work in one of these agencies and have ready access 
to this database.
  I ask my colleagues to please support H.R. 2695, the SHIELD Act, to 
exclude personally identifying information. Reaching out for assistance 
is a really big step for these victims. Let us not put them in grave 
danger.

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