A bill to protect the constitutional rights of the subjects of arrest records and to authorize the Federal Bureau of Investigation to disseminate conviction records to State and local government agencies.

Summary

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve identification, criminal identification, crime, and other records; and (2) exchange these records with, and for the official use of, the Federal Government, the States, cities, and penal and other institutions for law enforcement purposes. Authorizes the Attorney General to exchange such records with the officials of federally chartered or insured banking institutions. Provides that all copies of records of information filed as a result of an arrest that is legally terminated in favor of the arrested individual shall be returned to that individual within sixty days of final disposition and shall not be maintained in the files of any Federal agency, if a copy of the formal court order disposing of the case is presented, or upon formal notice from one criminal justice agency to another. States that the Attorney General's authority to disseminate records indicating that an individual was arrested or charged with any criminal offense to noncriminal justice agencies shall expire on December 31, 1974.

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Timeline

1. 14 November 1973

   Introduced

   Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 14 November 1973

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 14 November 1973

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Ervin, Sam J., Jr. [D-NC] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Mansfield, Mike [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Brooke, Edward W. [R-MA] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hruska, Roman L. [R-NE] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Young, Milton R. [R-ND] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Pastore, John O. [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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