,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aaja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #be1    
#bjbe,mr4 ,welch 7for himself1 ,mrs4    
,blackburn1 and ,mr4 ,king7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on the  
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the
 use of ,federal ,bureau of             
,investigation criminal history record  
information for administration of       
certain licenses4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,states  
,handling ,access to ,reciprocity for   
,employment ,act of #bjbe or the ,,share
 ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,sharing and use of
 criminal history record information    
,subtitle ,e of title ,,vi of the       
,intelligence ,reform and ,terrorism    
,prevention ,act of #bjjd 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4
 #daajf et seq47 is amended by adding at
 the end the following3  #fdjd4 ,sharing
 and use of criminal history record     
information  7a7 ,definitions ,in this  
section3 7#a7 ,commission ,the term     

,commission means a joint governmental  
entity1 including an interstate compact 
commission1 established by legislative  
enactment of an interstate compact4     
7#b7 ,criminal history record           
information ,the term criminal history  
record information-- 7,a7 means         
information collected by criminal       
justice agencies on individuals         
consisting of identifiable descriptions 
and notations of arrests1 detentions1   
indictments1 information1 or other      
formal criminal charges1 and any        
disposition arising therefrom1 including
 acquittal1 sentencing1 correctional    
supervision1 and release2 and  7,b7 does
 not include identification information1
 such as fingerprint records1 if such   
information does not indicate the       
individual's involvement with the       
criminal justice system4  7#c7 ,license 
,the term license means a license1      
multistate license1 certification1 or   
other authorization by which a ,state   
licensing authority authorizes an       

individual to practice an occupation or 
profession in that ,state4  7#d7        
,privilege ,the term privilege means a  
grant of authority issued pursuant to an
 interstate compact to a license holder 
that permits the license holder to      
practice in a compact member ,state4    
7#e7 ,state ,the term ,state means any  
,state1 territory1 or possession of the 
,united ,states1 and the ,district of   
,columbia4  7#f7 ,state identification  
bureau ,the term ,state identification  
bureau has the meaning given such term  
in section #fdjb7;c74  7#g7 ,state      
licensing authority ,the term ,state    
licensing authority means a ,state      
licensing board1 agency1 department1 or 
other entity that is empowered under the
 law of that ,state to grant a license  
to practice an occupation or profession4
  7b7 ,requirement for ,federal ,bureau 
of ,investigation ,to provide certain   
criminal history record information     
,subject to the restrictions in         
subsection 7c71 the ,director of the    

,federal ,bureau of ,investigation shall
 furnish or otherwise make available to 
a ,state licensing authority1 through an
 agreement with a ,state law enforcement
 agency or ,state identification bureau1
 criminal history record information to 
the extent required by an interstate    
compact1 or the regulations duly        
promulgated thereunder1 for the purpose 
of conducting a criminal history        
background check of any individual      
seeking a license or privilege to       
practice an occupation or profession in 
a compact member ,state4  7c7 ,state    
licensing authority use of criminal     
history record information  7#a7        
,prohibition ,a ,state licensing        
authority that is a member of an        
interstate compact that requires        
completion of a criminal history        
background check for an individual for  
the purpose of acting upon a license or 
privilege of that individual to practice
 an occupation or profession in a ,state
 shall use such information solely for  

that purpose and may not share criminal 
history record information or any part  
thereof with the compact's ,commission1 
any other ,state entity or ,state       
,licensing ,authority1 or the public4   
7#b7 ,sharing fact of completion of     
criminal history background check       
expressly permitted ,a ,state licensing 
authority informing a compact           
,commission of the completion of the    
criminal history background check1      
including a binary determination of     
whether or not the criminal history     
background check of an applicant was    
satisfactory1 is expressly permitted    
under this section and shall not        
constitute the sharing of criminal      
history record information under        
paragraph 7#a74  4