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Title 6 — Domestic Security

Part B · Chapter 2 — National Emergency Management

§ 728. Disclosure of certain information to law enforcement agencies

Statutory text

In the event of circumstances requiring an evacuation, sheltering, or mass relocation, the Administrator may disclose information in any individual assistance database of the Agency in accordance with section 552a(b) of title 5 (commonly referred to as the “Privacy Act”) to any law enforcement agency of the Federal Government or a State, local, or tribal government in order to identify illegal conduct or address public safety or security issues, including compliance with sex offender notification laws.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006

    Pub. L. 109–295 title VI § 640a · 120 Stat. 1355

    Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 728

    (Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 640a, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1424.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 640a, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1424.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 640a. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.   In the event of circumstances requiring an evacuation, sheltering, or mass relocation, the Administrator may disclose information in any individual assistance database of the Agency in accordance with section 552a(b) of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the “Privacy Act”), to any law enforcement agency of the Federal Government or a State, local, or tribal government in order to identify illegal conduct or address public safety or security issues, including compliance with sex offender notification laws.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 640a, , 120 Stat. 1424.)

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