§ 3204 : CONFIDENTIALITY FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME

Section 384 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367) is amended—

1.

in subsection (a)—

A.

in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—

i.

by striking in no case may; and

ii.

by inserting or, with respect to subparagraphs (E) and (F) and paragraph (2), any other official or employee of a certifying agency, may not after Departments); and

B.

in paragraph (2), by striking who is a beneficiary of an application and inserting applying for; and

2.

in subsection (b)—

A.

in paragraph (4), by striking battered; and

B.

by adding at the end the following:

8.

 A. Subsection (a)(2) may not be construed to prevent the disclosure of—

i.

information that prosecutors are constitutionally obligated to disclose to provide statements by witnesses and certain other documents to defendants in a pending Federal criminal proceeding; or

ii.

information in a civil proceeding in which a judge orders that such information be disclosed in connection with a witness testifying in such proceeding.

B.

All information disclosed during litigation pursuant to the exception set forth in this paragraph for any purpose other than the purpose ordered in the proceeding—

i.

may not be disclosed to any nonrequired party;

ii.

shall be filed under seal, with all personally identifying information redacted except the witness’s first name; and

iii.

shall be returned to the disclosing party at the conclusion of the proceeding.