Peace Officer Standards and Training Agency Information Access Clarification Act
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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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