I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9306 
To authorize the use of FBI criminal history record information for 
administration of interstate compacts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2022 
Mr. MANN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judici-
ary, 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 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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