I 
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 addi-
tion to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the use of FBI criminal history record informa-
tion for administration of interstate compacts, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘States Handling Ac-
cess to Reciprocity for Employment Act’’ or the ‘‘SHARE 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING. 
Subtitle E of title IV of the Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 41106 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 6404. SHARING AND USE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY 
RECORD INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) FBI PROVIDING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD 
INFORMATION TO STATE LICENSING AUTHORITIES.—The 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall fur-
nish or otherwise make available to a State licensing au-
thority, through an agreement with a State law enforce-
ment agency or State identification bureau, criminal his-
tory record information to the extent required by a inter-
state compact, or the regulations duly promulgated there-
under, for the purpose of conducting a criminal history 
background check of individuals seeking a license or privi-
lege to practice an occupation or profession in a compact 
member State. 
‘‘(b) STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY USE OF CRIMI-
NAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION.—A State licensing 
authority that is a member of an interstate compact that 
requires completion of a criminal history background 
check for an individual for the purpose of acting upon a 
license or privilege application of that individual to prac-
tice an occupation or profession in a State shall use such 
information solely for that purpose and may not share 
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criminal history record information or any part thereof 
with the compact’s Commission, any other State entity or 
licensing authority, or the public. 
‘‘(c) SHARING THE FACT OF COMPLETION OF THE 
CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK EXPRESSLY 
PERMITTED.—For the purpose of subsection (b), a State 
licensing authority informing a compact Commission of 
the completion of the criminal history background check, 
including a binary determination of whether or not the 
criminal history background check of an applicant was 
satisfactory, is expressly permitted by this Act and shall 
not constitute the sharing of criminal history record infor-
mation. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘Commission’ 
means a joint governmental entity, established under 
an agreement of 2 or more States participating in 
an interstate compact. 
‘‘(2) CRIMINAL
HISTORY
RECORD
INFORMA-
TION.—The term ‘criminal history record informa-
tion’ means information collected by law enforce-
ment agencies on individuals consisting of identifi-
able descriptions and notations of arrests, deten-
tions, indictments, informations, or other formal 
criminal charges, and any disposition arising there-
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from, including acquittal, sentencing, correctional 
supervision, and release. The term does not include 
identification information such as fingerprint records 
if such information does not indicate the individual’s 
involvement with the criminal justice system. 
‘‘(3) LICENSE.—The term ‘license’ means a li-
cense or certification by which a State licensing au-
thority authorizes an individual to practice an occu-
pation or profession in that State. 
‘‘(4) PRIVILEGE.—The term ‘privilege’ means a 
grant of authority issued pursuant to an interstate 
compact to a license holder that permits the license 
holder to practice in a compact member State. 
‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any 
State, territory, or possession of the United States, 
and the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(6) STATE
IDENTIFICATION
BUREAU.—The 
term ‘State identification bureau’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 6402. 
‘‘(7) STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY.—The term 
‘State licensing authority’ means a State licensing 
board, commission, department, or other entity that 
is empowered under the law of that State to grant 
a license to practice an occupation or profession.’’. 
Æ 
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