HR 5358
116th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations
Travel and tourism
To amend title 28, United States Code, to expand the definition of "other institutions" for purposes of acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information, and for other purposes.
Introduced: December 6, 2019
Introduced by:
Rose, John W.
Republican
· Tennessee
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 30, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Dec 6, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 6, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill expands the scope of entities that are authorized to access criminal identification records (e.g., fingerprints) from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Current law authorizes the FBI to exchange criminal identification and other records with criminal justice agencies and other institutions. The term other institutions includes railroad police departments and campus police departments.
This bill includes police departments of private resorts as other institutions that are authorized to access criminal identification records from the FBI.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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