HR 592
117th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
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: January 28, 2021
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
Mar 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 28, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 28, 2021
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 authorized officials of the federal government, states tribes, cities, and penal 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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