[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 203 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 203

  Expressing the sense of the Congress that information regarding the 
    conviction of child-related sex offenses should be available to 
                   employers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 1994

 Mr. Burton of Indiana submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
   which was referred jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and 
                          Education and Labor

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Congress that information regarding the 
    conviction of child-related sex offenses should be available to 
                   employers, and for other purposes.

Whereas 74 percent of child sex offenders have had a previous conviction for a 
        sexual offense against a child;
Whereas fully two-thirds of the nonfamily child abduction cases, reported to the 
        police, involve sexual assault; and
Whereas over 114,000 children were targets of attempted abductions in 1988: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) criminal background checks should be performed for all 
        prospective employees or volunteers of State-licensed or tax-
        funded organizations that interact with children;
            (2) an adult who is convicted of a child-related sex 
        offense or a child who has been adjudicated as a delinquent for 
        an act that would constitute a child-related sex offense if 
        committed by an adult should register a current address with 
        the local law enforcement agency;
            (3) a court should require an adult or child who commits a 
        child-related sex offense to register with a local law 
        enforcement agency as a condition of probation;
            (4) criminal penalties should be provided for offenders 
        described in paragraph (3) who are ordered to register with a 
        local law enforcement agency and fail to register;
            (5) law enforcement agencies should submit information on 
        individuals convicted of child-related sex offenses in the law 
        enforcement agencies' communities to the national criminal 
        history background check system, a criminal history record 
        system maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation based 
        on fingerprint identification or other methods of positive 
        identification;
            (6) law enforcement agencies should access the FBI database 
        for criminal background checks on employees, prospective 
        employees, or volunteers in State-licensed or federally funded 
        organizations that interact with children;
            (7) the police, upon request, should release information on 
        whether a person has been convicted of a child-related sex 
        offense, if the convicted person lives in the same county as 
        the person making the request;
            (8) criminal penalties should be provided for persons who 
        violate confidentiality requirements regarding the release of 
        information obtained through the registration of individuals 
        who have committed child-related sex offenses;
            (9) a child care institution, foster family home, group 
        home, or child placing agency should be prohibited from hiring 
        an employee or utilizing a volunteer convicted of a child-
        related sex offense;
            (10) anyone applying for employment with a school should 
        undergo a mandatory criminal history check;
            (11) a school should be prohibited from hiring or retaining 
        a person if the person is known to have committed a child-
        related sex offense;
            (12) the State board of education should be prohibited from 
        issuing a teaching license to a person who has been convicted 
        of a child-related sex offense;
            (13) the State board of education should revoke a teacher's 
        license permanently if the teacher is convicted of a child-
        related sex offense; and
            (14) in the case of an arrest or filing of charges that 
        arises from a child-related sex offense, a law enforcement 
        agency or prosecuting attorney should be required to notify the 
        superintendent regarding such arrest or filing of charges 
        against a person who is known by such law enforcement agency or 
        prosecuting attorney to be employed by such school.

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