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HR5211Referred to Committee

Peace Officer Standards and Training Agency Information Access Clarification Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-09-08
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Derek Schmidt
Derek Schmidt
Republican · KS · Representative
Votes with party: 96.0% (603 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/S001228

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (0)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Latest Action

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2025-09-08

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-09-08

Previously

  • Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-09-08

Plain-English Summary

Peace Officer Standards and Training Agency Information Access Clarification Act This bill authorizes a new type of entity—peace officer standards and training agencies—to access criminal history record information maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The term peace officer standards and training agency means an agency of a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory that is authorized to set standards for the hiring, training, ethical conduct, and retention of its law enforcement officers through certification, licensing, or other similar qualification processes.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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