A bill to amend the Protect Act to clarify certain volunteer liability.

Summary

Amends the Prosecutorial Remedies and Tools Against the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (PROTECT Act) to provide that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, including any of its officers, employees, or agents, shall not be liable for damages in any civil action arising out of any action or communication by the Center, its officers, employees, or agents under a pilot program and feasibility study for volunteer groups to obtain national and State criminal historybackground checks through a ten fingerprint check to be conducted utilizing State criminal records and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification system. Makes this Act inapplicable to any action in which the plaintiff proves that the Center, or its officers, employees, or agents, acted with actual malice, or provided information or took action for a purpose unrelated to an activity mandated by Federal law.

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• Enrolled Bill (text)

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• Enrolled Bill (PDF)

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• Public Law (text)

  Public Law · EN · 1 August 2003

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 1 August 2003

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• Public Law

  summary · EN · 1 August 2003

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• Passed House without amendment

  summary · EN · 21 July 2003

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• Referred in House (text)

  Referred in House · EN · 15 July 2003

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• Referred in House (PDF)

  Referred in House · EN · 15 July 2003

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• Engrossed in Senate (text)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 14 July 2003

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• Engrossed in Senate (PDF)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 14 July 2003

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 14 July 2003

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 10 July 2003

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 10 July 2003

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 10 July 2003

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 18 June 2003

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 18 June 2003

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• Introduced in Senate

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