United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 592 (117th)
To amend title 28, United States Code, to expand the definition of "other institutions" for purposes of acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information, and for other purposes.
Introduced
28 January 2021
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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3 January 2025
Summary
This bill expands the scope of entities that are authorized to access criminal identification records (e.g., fingerprints) from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Current law authorizes the FBI to exchange criminal identification and other records with authorized officials of the federal government, states tribes, cities, and penal and other institutions. The term other institutions includes railroad police departments and campus police departments. This bill includes police departments of private resorts as other institutions that are authorized to access criminal identification records from the FBI.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 28 January 2021
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 28 January 2021
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 28 January 2021
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/592
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/592