118th Congress
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) unveiled legislation Thursday aimed at protecting women and children from registered sex offenders in emergency shelters during natural disasters.
Now introducing the Safe Shelters Act of 2024.
(WASHINGTON, D.C., December 12th, 2024) - Rep. Nancy Mace, a survivor and advocate for women, is pushing the Safe Shelters Act to bar registered sex offenders from emergency shelters shared with women and children during disasters.
This bill has been cosponsored by Reps. Anna Paulina Luna, Van Drew, Weber and Boebert.
The bill builds upon policies in Florida counties like Flagler and Marion which require sex offenders to evacuate to separate facilities or dedicated shelters. Mace's bill:
(Washington, D.C. - Rep. Nancy Mace (SC-01) voted to authorize the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to support our servicemembers and their families after securing a number of major wins for South Carolina and the Lowcountry.
What a beautiful sunset this past weekend in Hilton Head Island at the Heritage Classic Foundation Congressional Cup!
"Vivek Ramaswamy is spot on—our legacy IT systems are outdated and in desperate need of updating. We’re dealing with tech from the 1960s which costs more to maintain, leaves us open to cyber threats, and slows everything down. Our office introduced and passed the Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act for this exact reason. If we want to stop waste, cut fraud, and make government programs actually work for the people, we need to modernize.”
