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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 7, 1997
Private Security Officer Quality Assurance Act of 1997 - Authorizes an association of employers of private security officers (officers) to submit fingerprints or other methods of positive identification to the Attorney General for background checks of such officers. Allows the Attorney General to: (1) exchange identification and criminal history records with State governmental agencies for licensing and employment purposes; and (2) prescribe regulations to carry out this Act, including measures relating to the imposition of fees necessary for the recovery of costs. Expresses the sense of the Congress that States should participate in the background check system established under this Act.
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Rep. Barr, Bob [R-GA-7] · R–GA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5857-5860)
Mr. Barr moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 105-161, Part I.
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 105-161, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Referred to House Judiciary
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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