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Encouraging employers and online dating sites to use sex offender registries for background checks.

Introduced: July 25, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Aug 10, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 25, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 25, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Encourages: (1) employers to check the names of potential employees with federal and state sex offender registries when hiring for positions involving children; (2) online dating sites to check the names of site members and those seeking site membership with federal and state sex offender registries and adopt appropriate safeguards; and (3) all states and jurisdictions to expeditiously implement sex offender registration requirements enacted by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.

What's happening now August 10, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Calvert, Ken
California · Sep 4, 2007
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Aug 1, 2007
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Jul 31, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 572: Encouraging employers and online dating sites to use sex offender registries for background checks.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-572/
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