H.R. 5211

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · September 8, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Schmidt · Committee: Committee on the Judiciary

Table of contents

• H.R. 5211
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Federal Bureau of Investigation

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the Peace Officer Standards and Training Agency Information Access Clarification Act.

SEC. 2. Federal Bureau of Investigation

• (a) Attorney general duties
  • Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
    • in subsection (a)(4), by amending to read as follows:
      • 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
    • in subsection (e)—
      • by striking and inserting the following:
        • section—
          • the term
      • by striking and inserting the following:
        • railroad
      • by striking and inserting the following:
        • police
      • by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
        • 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
        • 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.
      • by adding at the end the following:
• (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.