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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1310 

To authorize the use of FBI criminal history record information for 

administration of interstate compacts, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2023 

Mr. MANN (for himself, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. BICE, Mr. 

MOYLAN, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. BACON, Ms. 

TOKUDA, Mr. JACKSON of Texas, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. MCCAUL, Mrs. 

BOEBERT, and Ms. BUDZINSKI) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To authorize the use of FBI criminal history record information for administration of interstate compacts, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘States Handling Ac5 cess to Reciprocity for Employment Act’’ or the ‘‘SHARE 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING. 

2 Subtitle E of title IV of the Intelligence Reform and 

3 Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 41106 et 

4 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 6404. SHARING AND USE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY 

6 RECORD INFORMATION. 

7 ‘‘(a) FBI PROVIDING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD

8 INFORMATION TO STATE LICENSING AUTHORITIES.—The 

9 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall fur10 nish or otherwise make available to a State licensing au11 thority, through an agreement with a State law enforce12 ment agency or State identification bureau, criminal his13 tory record information to the extent required by a inter14 state compact, or the regulations duly promulgated there15 under, for the purpose of conducting a criminal history 

16 background check of individuals seeking a license or privi17 lege to practice an occupation or profession in a compact 

18 member State. 

19 ‘‘(b) STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY USE OF CRIMI20 NAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION.—A State licensing 

21 authority that is a member of an interstate compact that 

22 requires completion of a criminal history background 

23 check for an individual for the purpose of acting upon a 

24 license or privilege application of that individual to prac25 tice an occupation or profession in a State shall use such 

26 information solely for that purpose and may not share 


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1 criminal history record information or any part thereof 

2 with the compact’s Commission, any other State entity or 

3 licensing authority, or the public. 

4 ‘‘(c) SHARING THE FACT OF COMPLETION OF THE

5 CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK EXPRESSLY

6 PERMITTED.—For the purpose of subsection (b), a State 

7 licensing authority informing a compact Commission of 

8 the completion of the criminal history background check, 

9 including a binary determination of whether or not the 

10 criminal history background check of an applicant was 

11 satisfactory, is expressly permitted by this Act and shall 

12 not constitute the sharing of criminal history record infor13 mation. 

14 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 ‘‘(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘Commission’ 

16 means a joint governmental entity, established under 

17 an agreement of 2 or more States participating in 

18 an interstate compact. 

19 ‘‘(2) CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMA20 TION.—The term ‘criminal history record informa21 tion’ means information collected by law enforce22 ment agencies on individuals consisting of identifi23 able descriptions and notations of arrests, deten24 tions, indictments, informations, or other formal 

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1 from, including acquittal, sentencing, correctional 

2 supervision, and release. The term does not include 

3 identification information such as fingerprint records 

4 if such information does not indicate the individual’s 

5 involvement with the criminal justice system. 

6 ‘‘(3) LICENSE.—The term ‘license’ means a li7 cense or certification by which a State licensing au8 thority authorizes an individual to practice an occu9 pation or profession in that State. 

10 ‘‘(4) PRIVILEGE.—The term ‘privilege’ means a 

11 grant of authority issued pursuant to an interstate 

12 compact to a license holder that permits the license 

13 holder to practice in a compact member State. 

14 ‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any 

15 State, territory, or possession of the United States, 

16 and the District of Columbia. 

17 ‘‘(6) STATE IDENTIFICATION BUREAU.—The 

18 term ‘State identification bureau’ has the meaning 

19 given such term in section 6402. 

20 ‘‘(7) STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY.—The term 

21 ‘State licensing authority’ means a State licensing 

22 board, commission, department, or other entity that 

23 is empowered under the law of that State to grant 

24 a license to practice an occupation or profession.’’. 

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