ant to solicitations issued after the effective date de-
scribed in section 2(b)(2) of this Act. 
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 2338 the following new item: 
‘‘2339. Prohibition on criminal history inquiries by contractors prior to condi-
tional offer.’’. 
(c) REVISIONS TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA-
TION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal 
Acquisition Regulatory Council shall revise the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation to implement section 
4714 of title 41, United States Code, and section 2339 
of title 10, United States Code, as added by this sec-
tion. 
(2) CONSISTENCY WITH OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 
MANAGEMENT
REGULATIONS.—The Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulatory Council shall revise the Federal Ac-
quisition Regulation under paragraph (1) to be con-
sistent with the regulations issued by the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management under section 
2(b)(1) to the maximum extent practicable. The Coun-
cil shall include together with such revision an expla-
nation of any substantive modification of the Office 
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of Personnel Management regulations, including an 
explanation of how such modification will more effec-
tively implement the rights and protections under this 
section. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS FOR-
MERLY INCARCERATED IN FEDERAL PRIS-
ONS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 
individual’’— 
(1) means an individual who has completed a 
term of imprisonment in a Federal prison for a Fed-
eral criminal offense; and 
(2) does not include an alien who is or will be 
removed from the United States for a violation of the 
immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 
101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101)). 
(b) STUDY AND REPORT REQUIRED.—The Director of 
the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in coordination with the 
Director of the Bureau of the Census, shall— 
(1) not later than 180 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, design and initiate a study on 
the employment of covered individuals after their re-
lease from Federal prison, including by collecting— 
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(A) demographic data on covered individ-
uals, including race, age, and sex; and 
(B) data on employment and earnings of 
covered individuals who are denied employment, 
including the reasons for the denials; and 
(2) not later than 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, submit 
a report that does not include any personally identifi-
able information on the study conducted under para-
graph (1) to— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(D) the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, 
submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
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such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on pas-
sage. 
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Union Calendar No. 301 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1076 
[Report No. 116–380, Part I] 
A BILL 
To prohibit Federal agencies and Federal contrac-
tors from requesting that an applicant for em-
ployment disclose criminal history record infor-
mation before the applicant has received a condi-
tional offer, and for other purposes. 
JANUARY 24, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
with an amendment 
JANUARY 24, 2020 
Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, 
Armed Services, and Education and Labor discharged, 
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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