[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2488 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2488

 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to facilitate the 
   fingerprint checks authorized by that Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 1997

   Mr. Foley (for himself, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Castle, Mrs. 
   Thurman, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. 
 Luther, Mr. Brady, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Wexler, Mrs. Morella, and 
 Mr. Barcia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to facilitate the 
   fingerprint checks authorized by that Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Volunteers for Children Act''.

SEC. 2. FACILITATION OF FINGERPRINT CHECKS.

    (a) State Agency.--Section 3(a) of the National Child Protection 
Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 5119a(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(3) In the absence of State procedures referred to in paragraph 
(1), youth-serving nonprofit organizations and institutions may contact 
an authorized agency of the State to request a nationwide background 
check, including a check of fingerprint records.''.
    (b) Federal Law.--Section 3(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5119a(b)) is 
amended by adding after and below paragraph (5) the following:
``The requirement of the public law referred to in paragraph (5) does 
not apply to requests by youth-serving nonprofit organizations for 
nationwide background checks, including checks of fingerprint 
records.''.
    (c) Fees.--Section 3(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5119a(e)) is amended 
by striking ``In the case of'' and all that follows through ``the State 
shall'' and inserting ``In the case of a background check requested by 
a qualified entity, the fees collected by authorized State agencies and 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation may not exceed the actual costs of 
the background check conducted with fingerprints. The State may''.
    (d) Authorization.--Section 4(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5119b(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997'' and 
inserting ``1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001''.
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