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[H.R. 8352 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 553
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8352

                          [Report No. 119-636]

 To authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access 
           criminal history records, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2026

 Mr. Schmidt (for himself and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                              May 4, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               16, 2026]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access 
           criminal history records, 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 ``Criminal History Access Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

    (a) Attorney General Duties.--Section 534 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(4), by amending to read as follows:
            ``(4) exchange such records and information with, and for 
        the official use of, authorized officials of the Federal 
        Government, including the United States Sentencing Commission, 
        the States, including State sentencing commissions and peace 
        officer standards and training agencies, Indian tribes, cities, 
        and penal and other institutions; and'';
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by striking ``section, the term'' and inserting 
                the following: ``section--
            ``(1) the term'';
                    (B) by striking ``(1) railroad'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(A) railroad'';
                    (C) by striking ``(2) police'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(B) police'';
                    (D) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                a semicolon; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) the term `peace officer standards and training 
        agency' means an agency of a State with the statutory authority 
        under State law to set standards for the hiring, training, 
        ethical conduct, and retention of the law enforcement officers 
        of the State through certification, licensing, or other similar 
        qualification process; and
            ``(3) the term `State' means each of the several States of 
        the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
        of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, 
        American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, and any territory or possession of the United 
        States.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall amend part 20 of 
title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, as necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 553

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 8352

                          [Report No. 119-636]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access 
           criminal history records, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 4, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed