3.0.0 645 2019-11-15T22:01:16Z 2019-11-15T22:01:16Z Senate S S 2011-03-17 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2012-09-19T14:38:37Z Markup by 2012-09-13T15:41:27Z Referred to 2011-03-17T21:16:08Z Child Protection Improvements Act of 2011 112 1360 HR 2011-07-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2012-09-19 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512. Calendars 2012-09-19 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2012-09-19 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2012-09-13 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. Committee 2011-03-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2011-03-17 True E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2011-03-17 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-03-17 True J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2011-03-17 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-03-17 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-03-17 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-12-13 False B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2012-02-15 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2012-08-01 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2012-08-02 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2012-09-10 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2012-09-11 False Crime and Law Enforcement Child care and development Child safety and welfare Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Crimes against children Criminal justice information and records Elementary and secondary education Employment discrimination and employee rights Government trust funds Personnel records Preschool education Right of privacy Teaching, teachers, curricula User charges and fees Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2011-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-05T12:19:45Z Child Protection Improvements Act of 2011 - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Attorney General to: (1) establish policies and procedures for a program for national criminal history background checks for child-serving organizations, (2) assist such organizations in obtaining access to nationwide background checks, (3) establish procedures for ensuring the accuracy of criminal history records, (4) identify individuals convicted of serious misdemeanors or felonies involving children, and (5) collect demographic data relating to individuals and organizations covered by this Act and make reports to Congress on such data.

Limits the liability of a child-serving organization for failure to conduct criminal background checks or to take adverse action against employees with a criminal history. Imposes limitations on the disclosure or use of criminal history records.

Amends the PROTECT Act to extend the Child Safety Pilot Program.

]]> 01 2012-09-19 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2012-12-04T15:51:12Z Child Protection Improvements Act of 2012 - (Sec. 3) Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Attorney General to: (1) establish policies and procedures to streamline the process of obtaining nationwide background checks, provide effective customer service, and facilitate widespread access to nationwide background checks by a covered entity; and (2) establish a criminal history review program to provide covered entities with reliable and accurate information on the criminal history of a covered individual.

Defines: (1) a "covered entity" as a public or private business or organization that provides care, care placement, supervision, treatment, education, training, instruction, or recreation to children or that licenses, certifies, or coordinates such entities in providing care and other services to children; and (2) a "covered individual" as an individual who has, seeks to have, or may have, unsupervised access to a child served by a covered entity and who is employed by or volunteers with, or seeks to be employed by or volunteer with, a covered entity or who owns or operates, or seeks to own or operate, a covered entity.

Requires the Attorney General, in carrying out nationwide background checks, to: (1) handle inquiries from covered entities and inform such entities on how to request nationwide background checks, (2) provide covered entities with access to nationwide background checks, (3) receive paper and electronic requests for nationwide background checks, (4) convert all paper fingerprint cards into an electronic form and securely transmit all fingerprints electronically to the national criminal history background check system, (5) collect a fee to conduct a nationwide background check, and (6) coordinate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to ensure that background check requests are being completed within the required time period. Sets forth the information required for a nationwide background check request by a covered entity and requirements for conducting the criminal history review program.

Grants a covered individual the right to challenge the accuracy or completeness of any information in the criminal history record.

Establishes the National Criminal History Background Check Fund to hold fees collected by the Attorney General to offset the cost of background checks required by this Act.

Requires the Attorney General to make annual reports on the programs and procedures established under this Act.

Requires the Attorney General to compile and report annually on data on: (1) the number and types of covered entities; (2) the fees charged to such entities; (3) the interval between nationwide background check submissions and responses; (4) the number, type, and frequency of offenses and the period between the date of the offense and the date of the nationwide background check for any covered individuals found to have a criminal history; (5) the procedures available for covered individuals to challenge the accuracy and completeness of criminal history records; (6) the number and results of such challenges; (7) the number and types of corrections of erroneous criminal history records based on a challenge; (8) the number and types of inquiries for assistance on interpreting a criminal history received by the criminal history review program; and (9) the number of covered individuals denied employment based on the criminal history information provided by the Attorney General or the criminal history review designee.

Limits the liability of: (1) a covered entity for failure to conduct criminal background checks or to take adverse action against a covered individual with a criminal history; and (2) officials and employees performing responsibilities under the criminal history review program, except for intentional misconduct, malice, or reckless disregard of a risk of substantial injury. Imposes limitations on the disclosure or use of criminal history records.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Attorney General to establish a method to permit employers in the electronic life safety and security systems installation and monitoring industry to request a fitness determination for employees and prospective employees based upon federal and state fingerprint-based background checks. Requires such fitness determination to be based on whether such employee has been convicted of or imprisoned for a felony during the previous 10 years. Defines "electronic life safety and security systems industry" as businesses that provide installation and central monitoring of fire and burglar alarm systems to public or private entities.

Requires the Attorney General to provide employees or prospective employees who have been convicted or or imprisoned for a felony during the 10-year period prior to a background check with records of their criminal histories and a detailed notification of their rights to challenge the accuracy or completeness of such records within 1 business day after the Attorney General receives such records from the FBI.

Imposes restrictions on the use or disclosure of criminal history information by entities or individuals authorized to receive or transmit fingerprints or criminal history records.

]]> Child Protection Improvements Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Child Protection Improvements Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Child Protection Improvements Act of 2012 S Senate Display Title Child Protection Improvements Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system. Reported to Senate 2012-09-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s645rs/xml/BILLS-112s645rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s645is/xml/BILLS-112s645is.xml 2012-09-19 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.