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.
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 28, 2021
Last action Mar 22, 2021
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Committee
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Mar 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John W. Rose
RRepublican
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