[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1961 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1961

          To extend and expand the Child Safety Pilot Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 4, 2005

 Mr. Biden (for himself and Mr. Hatch) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
          To extend and expand the Child Safety Pilot Program.

    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 ``Extending the Child Safety Pilot 
Program Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE CHILD SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM.

    Section 108 of the PROTECT Act (42 U.S.C. 5119a note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``A volunteer 
                organization in a participating State may not submit 
                background check requests under paragraph (3).'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``a 
                        30-month'' and inserting: ``a 60-month'';
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Participating organizations.--
                            ``(i) Eligible organizations.--Eligible 
                        organizations include--
                                    ``(I) the Boys and Girls Clubs of 
                                America;
                                    ``(II) the MENTOR/National 
                                Mentoring Partnership;
                                    ``(III) the National Council of 
                                Youth Sports; and
                                    ``(IV) any nonprofit organization 
                                that provides care, as that term is 
                                defined in section 5 of the National 
                                Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 
                                5119c), for children.
                            ``(ii) Pilot program.--The eligibility of 
                        an organization described in clause (i)(IV) to 
                        participate in the pilot program established 
                        under this section shall be determined by the 
                        National Center for Missing and Exploited 
                        Children according to criteria established by 
                        such Center, including the potential number of 
                        applicants and suitability of the organization 
                        to the intent of this section.'';
                            (iii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Applicants from participating 
                organizations.--Participating organizations may request 
                background checks on applicants for positions as 
                volunteers and employees who will be working with 
                children or supervising volunteers.'';
                            (iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``the 
                        organizations described in subparagraph (C)'' 
                        and inserting ``participating organizations''; 
                        and
                            (v) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``14 
                        business days'' and inserting ``10 business 
                        days''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``and 2005'' and 
        inserting ``through 2008''.
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