To amend the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to expand the authority of governmental social service agencies with child protection responsibilities to access the national crime information databases.

Bill: 113-hr-3923
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2014-01-17
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children

Criminal justice information and records

Domestic violence and child abuse
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to repeal a provision ensuring governmental social service agencies with child protection responsibilities access to the national crime information databases only when investigating or responding to reports of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation.</p> <BR>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3923 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 17, 2014 Ms. Bass (for herself, Ms. Chu , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Rangel , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Cook , Ms. Slaughter , Mr. McDermott , and Mr. Langevin ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to expand the authority of governmental social service agencies with child protection responsibilities to access the national crime information databases.

1. Expansion of authority of governmental social service agencies with child protection responsibilities to access the national crime information databases Section 151(a)(2) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 42 U.S.C. 16961(a)(2) ) is amended by striking , to be used by such agencies only in investigating or responding to reports of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation .