[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4424 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4424

  To provide a temporary alternative to fingerprint-based background 
checks, allowing the Federal Bureau of Investigation the time necessary 
to put in place a national fingerprint-based system accessible by youth 
             serving organizations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2000

 Mr. Sessions (for himself, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Smith of Texas, and 
 Ms. Granger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide a temporary alternative to fingerprint-based background 
checks, allowing the Federal Bureau of Investigation the time necessary 
to put in place a national fingerprint-based system accessible by youth 
             serving organizations, 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 ``Volunteer Organization Safety Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION SAFETY.

    (a) In General.--Until the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget makes the determination described in subsection (b) with respect 
to a particular State, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
United States Government shall not require, as a condition of 
completing a criminal history check pursuant to a request originating 
from that State, into the background of a volunteer worker for purposes 
of determining whether such volunteer worker is fit for the work, that 
the requesting entity supply the fingerprints of that volunteer worker.
    (b) Determination.--The determination referred to in subsection (a) 
is a determination that--
            (1) automated fingerprint checks are universally available 
        for volunteer organizations in that State; and
            (2) a reasonable reduction has occurred in the cost of the 
        check and the length of time required to complete it.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``criminal history check'' means a State and 
        Federal criminal history check, otherwise authorized by law, 
        through the national criminal history background check system; 
        and
            (2) the term ``State'' includes the District of Columbia, 
        Puerto Rico, and each other territory and possession, of the 
        United States.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that, to be effective, a background 
check must be fast, accurate, cost-effective and performed on everyone 
having regular contact with young people in a youth service 
organization.
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