[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 150 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S6444]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Hawley):
  S. 5172. A bill to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to 
ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable 
populations are able to request background checks for their contractors 
who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the 
businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for 
those populations; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 5172

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

     SECTION 1. DEFINING ``COVERED INDIVIDUAL'' FOR PURPOSES OF 
                   BACKGROUND CHECKS UNDER THE NATIONAL CHILD 
                   PROTECTION ACT OF 1993.

       Section 5(9)(B) of the National Child Protection Act of 
     1993 (34 U.S.C. 40104(9)(B)) is amended--
       (1) in clause (i)--
       (A) by inserting ``, contracts with,'' after ``is employed 
     by'';
       (B) by inserting ``, contract with,'' after ``be employed 
     by''; and
       (C) by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii);
       (3) by inserting after clause (i) the following:
       ``(ii) is employed by or volunteers with, or seeks to be 
     employed by or volunteer with, an entity that is under 
     contract with a qualified entity;'';
       (4) in clause (iii), as so redesignated, by adding ``or'' 
     at the end; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iv) is licensed or certified, or seeks to be licensed or 
     certified, by a qualified entity;''.
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