[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2716-S2717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

       By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
  S. 1528. 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. Mr. 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:
       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 ``Comprehensive Health and 
     Integrity in Licensing and Documentation Act of 2025'' or the 
     ``CHILD Act of 2025''.

     SEC. 2. 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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