[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10249 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10249

  To mandate a criminal background check, screening only for offenses 
  that involve violence, sex, stalking, or minors, for any individual 
involved with an entertainment industry project who will have frequent 
   or private interaction with, or compulsory authority over minors.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 3, 2026

    Mr. Beyer (for himself, Ms. Boebert, Mrs. Kim, and Mr. Khanna) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To mandate a criminal background check, screening only for offenses 
  that involve violence, sex, stalking, or minors, for any individual 
involved with an entertainment industry project who will have frequent 
   or private interaction with, or compulsory authority over minors.

    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 ``Kids Safety on Set Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. IN GENERAL.

    Whoever participates in an entertainment industry project in any 
position where that individual would have supervisory duties or 
compulsory authority over any minor who is not their biological child 
or legal ward, or where the duties or activities of that individual 
would involve frequent or private interaction with any minor who is not 
their biological child or legal ward, shall be subject to a requirement 
to successfully pass a criminal background check, within 90 days prior 
to their first day of work or receipt of entertainment industry project 
ownership interest, that includes Live Scan fingerprint clearance or 
equivalent background check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
screening only for offenses that involve sex, violence, stalking, or 
minors, and at the cost of no more than $100 per background check, paid 
for by the entertainment industry entity.

SEC. 3. PENALTY.

    In the case of any entertainment industry entity that has an 
employee who is in violation of section 2, the Attorney General may 
seek a civil monetary penalty against that entertainment industry of 
not more than twice the total amount of the dollar cost of all project 
production activity in which such employee is involved, and shall seek 
a temporary restraining order, ex parte, to immediately halt all 
project production activity in which such employee is involved, 
followed by a preliminary or permanent injunction to continue halting 
all project production activity in which such employee is involved, as 
necessary, until such employee in violation of section 2 is either no 
longer in violation of section 2 or is terminated and further, 
individually holds no beneficial ownership interest in the 
entertainment project in excess of 2 percent of total equity either 
directly or indirectly by way of any intermediate entity, parent 
company, holding company, or special purpose vehicle, while having all 
special investor rights and privileges, including any right or 
privilege to be physically present during project production, 
immediately and permanently revoked.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``compulsory authority'' means authority 
        vested by position, title, beneficial ownership interest, or 
        status as a public figure to compel any minor to perform any 
        action.
            (2) The term ``employee'' means any individual that signs a 
        waiver, release, or legal agreement, including a nondisclosure 
        agreement, with the entertainment industry entity and all 
        credited adults, corporate officers, and beneficial owners with 
        privileged access to production sets or active shooting 
        locations.
            (3) The term ``entertainment industry entity''--
                    (A) means an entity that, by way of an 
                entertainment industry project, creates, produces, 
                promotes, or distributes a work of entertainment 
                intended to be heard, viewed, or otherwise experienced 
                by an audience, including live and recorded theater, 
                dance, music, and fashion productions, motion pictures, 
                live and recorded television broadcasts (including 
                unscripted television and commercials), linear video 
                games and recorded video content monetized by the 
                entertainment industry entity through online streaming 
                subscription revenues or online advertising revenues; 
                but
                    (B) does not mean an entity that solely creates, 
                produces, promotes, or distributes a work of journalism 
                and this act shall not abridge or encumber freedom of 
                the press or apply to the creation, production, 
                promotion or distribution of any work released under a 
                Creative Commons license.
            (4) The term ``minor'' means a person under 18 years of 
        age.
            (5) The term ``supervisory duties'' means duties that 
        require an individual to supervise the activities of any minor 
        who is not their biological child or legal ward.
            (6) The term ``entertainment industry project'' means a 
        discrete collaborative enterprise to create, produce, promote, 
        or distribute a work of entertainment intended to be heard, 
        viewed, or played by an audience, including only those works of 
        entertainment defined in paragraph (3)(A).
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