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A bill to provide for electronic access by the Department of State and Immigration and Naturalization Service to certain information in the criminal history records of the Federal Bureau of…

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A bill to provide for electronic access by the Department of State and Immigration and Naturalization Service to certain information in the criminal history records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine whether or not a visa applicant or applicant for admission has a criminal record.

Introduced: September 21, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Sep 21, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 21, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9631-9632)
Sep 21, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide the Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service with access to specified criminal history extracts in order to determine whether or not a visa or admissions applicant has a criminal history. Directs the FBI to provide periodic extract updates. Provides for confidentiality and fines for the misuse of such information.
What's happening now September 21, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Sep 21, 2001
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Sep 21, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1452: A bill to provide for electronic access by the Department of State and Immigration and Naturalization Service to certain information in the criminal history records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine whether or not a visa applicant or applicant for admission has a criminal record.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1452/
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"S. 1452: A bill to provide for electronic access by the Department of State and Immigration and Naturalization Service to certain information in the criminal history records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine whether or not a visa applicant or applicant for admission has a criminal record.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1452/.
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S. 1452, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1452/.
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[S. 1452: A bill to provide for electronic access by the Department of State and Immigration and Naturalization Service to certain information in the criminal history records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine whether or not a visa applicant or applicant for admission has a criminal record.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1452/)
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