H.R. 5211

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5211 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5211

To authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access 
criminal history records, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 8, 2025

Mr. Schmidt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access 
criminal history records, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Peace Officer Standards and Training 
Agency Information Access Clarification Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

(a) Attorney General Duties.--Section 534 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(4), by amending to read as follows:
``(4) exchange such records and information with, and for 
the official use of, authorized officials of the Federal 
Government, including the United States Sentencing Commission, 
the States, including State sentencing commissions and peace 
officer standards and training agencies, Indian tribes, cities, 
and penal and other institutions; and'';
(2) in subsection (e)--
(A) by striking ``section, the term'' and inserting 
the following: ``section--
``(1) the term'';
(B) by striking ``(1) railroad'' and inserting the 
following:
``(A) railroad'';
(C) by striking ``(2) police'' and inserting the 
following:
``(B) police'';
(D) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
a semicolon; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) the term `peace officer standards and training 
agency' means an agency of a State with the statutory authority 
under State law to set standards for the hiring, training, 
ethical conduct, and retention of the law enforcement officers 
of the State through certification, licensing, or other similar 
qualification process; and
``(3) the term `State' means each of the several States of 
the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and any territory or possession of the United 
States.''.
(b) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall amend section part 20 
of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, as necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act.
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