To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations.

Russell Fry

Republican · SC · Representative

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• Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23)Original· 2025-04-30
• Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2)· 2025-06-25
• Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15)· 2025-06-25
• Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22)· 2025-11-20

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.

2026-07-15

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This bill restores the authority for businesses and organizations that provide care or care placement services for children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities (care-providing businesses and organizations) to request national criminal history background checks for contractors and for individuals they certify or license. Federal law authorizes care-providing businesses and organizations to request national criminal history background checks for certain covered individuals . From 1994 to 2018, covered individuals included three categories of individuals: (1) current or prospective employees or volunteers; (2) current or prospective owners or operators; and (3) anyone who had, may have had, or sought to have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities (e.g., contractors and licensees). In 2018, the Child Protection Improvements Act removed the third category, narrowing the scope of covered individuals to just two categories: (1) current or prospective employees or volunteers, and (2) current or prospective owners or operators. Under the law, an individual in one of the categories who has, may have, or seeks to have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities is a covered individual . This bill expands covered individuals to include additional categories: (1) current or prospective contractors, (2) current or prospective employees or volunteers for a contracted entity, and (3) individuals licensed or certified by a business or organization. Like the 2018 law, an individual in one of the categories who has, may have, or seeks to have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities is a covered individual .

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3100 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3100 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 30, 2025 Mr. Fry (for himself and Mr. Moskowitz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. DEFINING ``COVERED INDIVIDUAL'' FOR PURPOSES OF BACKGROUND CHECKS UNDER THE NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION ACT OF 1993. Section 5(9)(B) of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (34 U.S.C. 40104(9)(B)) is amended-- (1) in clause (i)-- (A) by inserting ``, contracts with,'' after ``is employed by''; (B) by inserting ``, contract with,'' after ``be employed by''; and (C) by striking ``or'' at the end; (2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); (3) by inserting after clause (i) the following: ``(ii) is employed by or volunteers with, or seeks to be employed by or volunteer with, an entity that is under contract with a qualified entity;''; (4) in clause (iii), as so redesignated, by adding ``or'' at the end; and (5) by adding at the end the following: ``(iv) is licensed or certified, or seeks to be licensed or certified, by a qualified entity;''. <all>

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