US Congress House Bill 3902 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-5)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-03-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Child Protection Improvements Act of 2013 - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Attorney General to: (1) establish policies and procedures to streamline the process of obtaining state and national criminal history background checks on covered individuals, and (2) establish a criminal history review program to provide covered entities with reliable and accurate information on the criminal history of a covered individual. Defines "covered entity" as any business or organization that provides, or licenses, certifies, or coordinates individuals or organizations to provide, care, care placement, supervision, treatment, education, training, instruction, or recreation to children. Defines "covered individual" as an individual who: (1) has, seeks to have, or may have unsupervised access to vulnerable populations (i.e., elderly, disabled, and children) served by a covered entity; (2) is employed by or volunteers with, or seeks to be employed by or volunteer with, a covered entity; or (3) owns or operates, or seeks to own or operate, a covered entity.

Child Protection Improvements Act of 2013

Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2014-01-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB1362 (Related) 2013-07-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB2647 (Related) 2014-07-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3902/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3902/BILLS-113hr3902ih.pdf