Representative Nancy Mace The law unveiled on Thursday aims to protect women and children from registered sex offenders in emergency shelters during natural disasters.
Mays’s (R-SC) legislation, the Safe Haven Act, is modeled after Florida’s policy, where the government designates specific buildings or shelters for sex offenders to keep everyone else safe.
The bill states, “Except for the purpose of seeking information about designated shelters, a covered sex offender may not enter or utilize the services of an unnamed shelter.”
Under the Safe Harbor Act, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator would be tasked with determining appropriate emergency placement for registered sex offenders.
According to the bill, FEMA may consider federal buildings or prisons deemed appropriate by the General Services Administration for the locations of sex offenders.
The Congresswoman teased the bill earlier this week.
“Why stop there? All sex offenders should also be banned from all shelters. I got a bill for it,” she said written on x In response to a post about keeping men out of women’s shelters.
Their law applies specifically to individuals who are on the National Sex Offender Registry. Individuals who knowingly violate the policy may face fines and up to five years in prison.
A similar policy has been effective for Florida almost two decadesWhich he followed to deal with the hurricane season.
MESS’s legislative pitch was also prepared accordingly. ordinance in florida Who enforce that policy.
Palmetto State Republican, that has come to the fore As a rape victim, the first law targeting sex offenders was introduced. For example, in April, he submitted an amendment Limitation statute of limitations to automatically deport sex offenders.
On Tuesday, the congresswoman announced that she was “physically harassed” at the Capitol complex “because of my fight for women’s safety” and later posted a photo on social media wearing a sling.
Her office reported that she was in pain on Wednesday and noted that they could limit details due to the ongoing investigation.
The suspect, James McIntyre, 33, of Illinois, was taken into custody by Capitol Police at the Rayburn House office building after the incident.
McIntyre pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge of assault on a public official.
A police report later revealed Mays’ version of events, in which she alleged that the suspect “began to move his hand up and down aggressively and in an exaggerated manner.”
“The victim stated she tried to pull her hand away from the subject, but the subject grabbed her,” the report states.
Last month, Mace introduced legislation to require transgender people to use bathrooms in federal buildings that correspond to their biological sex at birth.
He also supported a similar measure limited to the Capitol complex that would have prevented Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.) from being sworn into Congress next month.
McBride is the first openly transgender legislator elected to the House of Representatives.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) later announced a policy banning transgender women from using bathrooms meant for biological women.
Mace later spoke with President-elect Donald Trump regarding the alleged dispute at the Capitol complex on Tuesday.
“Mr. President, thank you for paying attention to me and standing up for women. We can’t wait to see you back in the White House,” he wrote on X.
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