[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7624 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7624

 To prohibit certain sex offenders from entering or using the services 
   of certain domestic violence and homeless shelters, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 20, 2026

   Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit certain sex offenders from entering or using the services 
   of certain domestic violence and homeless shelters, 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 ``Safe Shelters for Survivors Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON THE USE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMELESS 
              SHELTERS FOR SEX OFFENDERS.

    (a) Prohibition on Provision of Services or Shelter to Covered Sex 
Offenders.--
            (1) In general.--A covered shelter may not provide any 
        service or shelter to a covered sex offender.
            (2) Failure to comply.--A covered shelter that fails to 
        comply with the requirement under paragraph (1) shall be 
        ineligible to receive any Federal funds during the following 
        fiscal year.
    (b) Prohibition on Use of Covered Shelters.--
            (1) In general.--Except for the purpose of seeking 
        information on non-covered shelters, a covered sex offender may 
        not enter or use the services of a covered shelter.
            (2) Notification.--A covered sex offender who enters a 
        covered shelter shall, immediately upon entering such shelter, 
        notify any individual operating such shelter that such offender 
        is required to register on the National Sex Offender Registry.
            (3) Provision of information.--Upon receiving a 
        notification from a covered sex offender under paragraph (2), 
        the individual so notified may inform such offender of--
                    (A) any non-covered shelter; and
                    (B) the prohibition in paragraph (1).
            (4) Penalty.--Whoever, in or affecting interstate commerce, 
        being a covered sex offender, knowingly fails to comply with 
        paragraph (1) or (2) shall be fined under title 18, United 
        States Code, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
            (5) Effective date.--This subsection shall take effect 180 
        days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered sex offender.--The term ``covered sex 
        offender'' means a sex offender who is required to register on 
        the National Sex Offender Registry under section 113 of the 
        Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 
        20913).
            (2) Covered shelter.--The term ``covered shelter'' means a 
        domestic violence shelter or a homeless shelter that receives 
        Federal funds.
            (3) National sex offender registry.--The term ``National 
        Sex Offender Registry'' means the national database established 
        under section 119 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 
        Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20921).
            (4) Sex offender.--The term ``sex offender'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child 
        Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911).
            (5) Non-covered shelter.--The term ``non-covered shelter'' 
        means a domestic violence shelter or a homeless shelter other 
        than a covered shelter.
            (6) Homeless shelter.--The term ``homeless shelter'' means 
        a facility, all or a part of which is used or designed to be 
        used to provide temporary housing for homeless individuals.
            (7) Homeless.--The term ``homeless'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302).
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