[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 24 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S711]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1513. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1388 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and 
Mr. Schumer) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 815, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to 
the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency 
treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ALIEN CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than seven days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection shall certify to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
     the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate that U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection (CBP) has real-time access to the criminal history 
     databases of all countries of origin and transit for aliens 
     encountered by CBP to perform criminal history background 
     checks for such aliens.
       (b) Standards.--The certification required under subsection 
     (a) shall also include a determination whether the criminal 
     history databases of a country are accurate, up to date, 
     digitized, searchable, and otherwise meet the standards of 
     the Federal Bureau of Investigation for criminal history 
     databases maintained by State and local governments.
       (c) Certification.--The Secretary shall annually submit to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a certification that 
     each database referred to in subsection (b) which the 
     Secretary accessed or sought to access pursuant to this 
     section met the standards described in subsection (b).
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