---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 728"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "728"
heading: "Disclosure of certain information to law enforcement agencies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/728"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — National Emergency Management"
  - "Subchapter I — Personnel Provisions"
  - "Part B — Emergency Management Capabilities"
---

# §728. Disclosure of certain information to law enforcement agencies


In the event of circumstances requiring an evacuation, sheltering, or mass relocation, the [Administrator](/usc/6/821.md?p=1) may disclose information in any individual assistance database of the [Agency](/usc/6/671.md?p=1) in accordance with [section 552a(b) of title 5](/usc/5/552a.md?p=b) (commonly referred to as the “Privacy Act”) to any law enforcement [agency](/usc/6/671.md?p=1) of the Federal Government or a [State](/usc/6/821.md?p=9), local, or [tribal government](/usc/6/701.md?p=16) in order to identify illegal conduct or address public safety or security issues, including compliance with sex offender notification laws.


## Source credit

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