[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3923 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3923

  To amend the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to 
expand the authority of governmental social service agencies with child 
 protection responsibilities to access the national crime information 
                               databases.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 17, 2014

Ms. Bass (for herself, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
Grijalva, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Cook, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. 
  Langevin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to 
expand the authority of governmental social service agencies with child 
 protection responsibilities to access the national crime information 
                               databases.

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

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY OF GOVERNMENTAL SOCIAL SERVICE 
              AGENCIES WITH CHILD PROTECTION RESPONSIBILITIES TO ACCESS 
              THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION DATABASES.

    Section 151(a)(2) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act 
of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16961(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``, to be used 
by such agencies only in investigating or responding to reports of 
child abuse, neglect, or exploitation''.
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