[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4112 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4112

  To allow screening entities to submit, receive, and screen criminal 
  history record information for purposes of criminal history record 
  information searches on private security officers under the Private 
         Security Officer Employment Authorization Act of 2004.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 29, 2012

Mr. Marino (for himself and Mr. Meehan) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and 
   in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To allow screening entities to submit, receive, and screen criminal 
  history record information for purposes of criminal history record 
  information searches on private security officers under the Private 
         Security Officer Employment Authorization Act of 2004.

    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 ``Private Security Officer Screening 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ALLOW SCREENING ENTITIES TO PERFORM CRIMINAL 
              HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION SEARCHES.

    Section 6402 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 401 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or through a screening 
                        entity'' after ``State identification bureau''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking ``section'' and inserting 
                        ``Act''; and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
                paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively, and by inserting 
                after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Screening entity.--The term `screening entity' means 
        a private business, non-profit organization, or individual 
        authorized by the Attorney General to submit, receive, and 
        screen criminal history record information for the purposes of 
        a criminal history record information search pursuant to this 
        Act.''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``or to a 
                screening entity if the State of employment is a State 
                that is a non-participating State,'' after ``State 
                identification bureau of a participating State'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ``to the 
                State identification bureau of the participating State 
                the'' and inserting ``a'';
                    (C) in paragraph (1)(C)--
                            (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
                        inserting ``or screening entity'' before the 
                        period;
                            (ii) by striking ``pursuant to this Act, 
                        submitted through the State identification 
                        bureau of a participating State'' and inserting 
                        ``submitted through a State identification 
                        bureau or a screening entity pursuant to this 
                        Act''; and
                            (iii) in clause (ii), by inserting ``or 
                        screening entity'' after ``submitting State 
                        identification bureau'';
                    (D) in paragraph (1)(D)(i), by inserting ``or 
                screening entity'' after ``by the State identification 
                bureau'';
                    (E) in paragraph (1)(D)(ii)--
                            (i) in subclause (I)--
                                    (I) by striking ``a participating'' 
                                and inserting ``employment in a''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``identification 
                                bureau or screening entity'' after ``, 
                                the State''; and
                            (ii) in subclause (II)--
                                    (I) by striking ``a participating'' 
                                and inserting ``employment in a''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``identification 
                                bureau or screening entity'' after ``, 
                                the State''; and
                    (F) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                        subparagraph (E); and
                            (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
                        the following:
                    ``(C) standards for qualification as a screening 
                entity;
                    ``(D) standards and procedures to provide for 
                screening entities to submit, receive, and screen 
                criminal history record information for the purposes of 
                a criminal history record information search pursuant 
                to this Act; and''.

SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall issue such regulations as may be necessary 
to carry out the amendments made by this Act.
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