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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…

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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 See on congress.gov
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Mar 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced in House
Jan 28, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 22, 2021

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

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 592: 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.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-592/
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"H.R. 592: 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.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-592/.
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H.R. 592, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-592/.
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[H.R. 592: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-592/)
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