[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 318 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 318

To provide for access by State and local authorities to information of 
   the Department of Justice for the purpose of conducting criminal 
     background checks on port employees and prospective employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 1999

Mr. Shaw (for himself, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Foley, Mr. Goss, Mr. Souder, and 
 Mr. English) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for access by State and local authorities to information of 
   the Department of Justice for the purpose of conducting criminal 
     background checks on port employees and prospective employees.

    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 ``Drug-Free Ports Act''.

SEC. 2. BACKGROUND CHECKS.

    Upon the request of any State, county, port authority, or other 
local jurisdiction of a State, the Attorney General shall grant to such 
State, county, port authority, or other local jurisdiction access to 
information collected by the Attorney General pursuant to section 534 
of title 28, United States Code, for the purpose of allowing such 
State, county, port authority, or other local jurisdiction to conduct 
criminal background checks on employees, or applicants for employment, 
at any port under the jurisdiction of such State, county, port 
authority, or other local jurisdiction.

SEC. 3. PROCESSING FEE.

    The Attorney General may assess a processing fee of not more than 
50 dollars from a State, county, port authority, or other local 
jurisdiction for making available the information described in section 
2 with respect to each employee or applicant for employment.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

    As used in this Act, the term ``port'' means any place at which 
vessels may resort to load or unload cargo.
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