Criminal History Access Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8352 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8352

 To authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access
           criminal history records, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2026

 Mr. Schmidt (for himself and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill;
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 To authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access
           criminal history records, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Criminal History Access Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

    (a) Attorney General Duties.--Section 534 of title 28, United
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(4), by amending to read as follows:
            ``(4) exchange such records and information with, and for
        the official use of, authorized officials of the Federal
        Government, including the United States Sentencing Commission,
        the States, including State sentencing commissions and peace
        officer standards and training agencies, Indian tribes, cities,
        and penal and other institutions; and'';
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by striking ``section, the term'' and inserting
                the following: ``section--
            ``(1) the term'';
                    (B) by striking ``(1) railroad'' and inserting the
                following:
                    ``(A) railroad'';
                    (C) by striking ``(2) police'' and inserting the
                following:
                    ``(B) police'';
                    (D) by striking the period at the end and inserting
                a semicolon; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) the term `peace officer standards and training
        agency' means an agency of a State with the statutory authority
        under State law to set standards for the hiring, training,
        ethical conduct, and retention of the law enforcement officers
        of the State through certification, licensing, or other similar
        qualification process; and
            ``(3) the term `State' means each of the several States of
        the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
        of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam,
        American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
        Islands, and any territory or possession of the United
        States.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall amend section part 20
of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, as necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Act.
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