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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · May 23, 2002
National Child Protection Improvement Act - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to direct the Attorney General to establish a national center for volunteer and provider screening to: (1) provide nationwide background checks through the national criminal history background check system to determine whether a volunteer provider or provider is unfit to have responsibilities for the safety and well-being of children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities; (2) access Federal and State criminal history records through the national criminal history background check system; (3) serve as a national resource center and clearinghouse to provide State and local governments, public and private nonprofit agencies, and individuals with information regarding volunteer screening; and (4) establish a toll-free telephone number for qualified entities to call to determine which governmental agency processes background check requests in their jurisdiction. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2007.Instructs the Attorney General to establish a National Volunteer Screening Task Force (Task Force) to oversee such center and report on it annually to the President and Congress.Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to: (1) mandate an annual certification review that measures State participation in certain national background check procedures; and (2) prescribe guidelines for requests forwarded to the National Center for Volunteer Screening for national background checks using the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System or other reliable means of positive identification.Mandates establishment of a model grant program in each State for the purpose of improving fingerprinting technology.Amends the National Criminal History Access and Child Protection Act to provide that: (1) nothing in the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact (Compact) shall affect any direct terminal access to the III System provided before the Compact's effective date under specified statutes; and (2) criminal history records disseminated by the FBI pursuant to specified law by means of the III System shall be subject to such Compact.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2007 to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to support the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council.
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Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] · D–DE
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S10774-10776)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S10774-10776)
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S10773-10777; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S10773-10774)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13954-13955)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13953-13954)
Introduced in Senate
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