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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 203

Expressing the sense of the Congress that information regarding the conviction of child-related sex offenses should be available to employers, and

for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 8, 1994

Mr. BURTON of Indiana submitted the following concurrent resolution; which

was referred jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and Education

and Labor

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress that information regarding the conviction of child-related sex offenses should

be available to employers, and for other purposes.

Whereas 74 percent of child sex offenders have had a previous conviction for a sexual offense against a child;

Whereas fully two-thirds of the nonfamily child abduction

cases, reported to the police, involve sexual assault; and

Whereas over 114,000 children were targets of attempted abductions in 1988: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that—
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1 (1) criminal background checks should be per2 formed for all prospective employees or volunteers of

3 State-licensed or tax-funded organizations that inter4 act with children;

5 (2) an adult who is convicted of a child-related

6 sex offense or a child who has been adjudicated as

7 a delinquent for an act that would constitute a child8 related sex offense if committed by an adult should

9 register a current address with the local law enforce10 ment agency;

11 (3) a court should require an adult or child who

12 commits a child-related sex offense to register with

13 a local law enforcement agency as a condition of

14 probation;

15 (4) criminal penalties should be provided for of16 fenders described in paragraph (3) who are ordered

17 to register with a local law enforcement agency and

18 fail to register;

19 (5) law enforcement agencies should submit in20 formation on individuals convicted of child-related

21 sex offenses in the law enforcement agencies’ com22 munities to the national criminal history background

23 check system, a criminal history record system main24 tained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation based
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1 on fingerprint identification or other methods of

2 positive identification;

3 (6) law enforcement agencies should access the

4 FBI database for criminal background checks on

5 employees, prospective employees, or volunteers in

6 State-licensed or federally funded organizations that

7 interact with children;

8 (7) the police, upon request, should release in9 formation on whether a person has been convicted of

10 a child-related sex offense, if the convicted person

11 lives in the same county as the person making the

12 request;

13 (8) criminal penalties should be provided for

14 persons who violate confidentiality requirements re15 garding the release of information obtained through

16 the registration of individuals who have committed

17 child-related sex offenses;

18 (9) a child care institution, foster family home,

19 group home, or child placing agency should be pro20 hibited from hiring an employee or utilizing a volun21 teer convicted of a child-related sex offense;

22 (10) anyone applying for employment with a

23 school should undergo a mandatory criminal history

24 check;
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1 (11) a school should be prohibited from hiring

2 or retaining a person if the person is known to have

3 committed a child-related sex offense;

4 (12) the State board of education should be

5 prohibited from issuing a teaching license to a per6 son who has been convicted of a child-related sex of7 fense;

8 (13) the State board of education should revoke

9 a teacher’s license permanently if the teacher is con10 victed of a child-related sex offense; and

11 (14) in the case of an arrest or filing of charges

12 that arises from a child-related sex offense, a law

13 enforcement agency or prosecuting attorney should

14 be required to notify the superintendent regarding

15 such arrest or filing of charges against a person who

16 is known by such law enforcement agency or pros17 ecuting attorney to be employed by such school.

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