119th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
H.R. 3100: To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations.
In Committee
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (not reached)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill restores the authority for businesses and organizations that provide care or care placement services for children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities (care-providing businesses and organizations) to request national criminal history background checks for contractors and for individuals they certify or license.
Federal law authorizes care-providing businesses and organizations to request national criminal history background checks for certain covered individuals.
From 1994 to 2018, covered individuals included three categories of individuals: (1) current or prospective employees or volunteers; (2) current or prospective owners or operators; and (3) anyone who had, may have had, or sought to have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities (e.g., contractors and licensees).
Read the full summary
In 2018, the Child Protection Improvements Act removed the third category, narrowing the scope of covered individuals to just two categories: (1) current or prospective employees or volunteers, and (2) current or prospective owners or operators. Under the law, an individual in one of the categories who has, may have, or seeks to have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities is a covered individual.
This bill expands covered individuals to include additional categories: (1) current or prospective contractors, (2) current or prospective employees or volunteers for a contracted entity, and (3) individuals licensed or certified by a business or organization. Like the 2018 law, an individual in one of the categories who has, may have, or seeks to have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities is a covered individual.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Jared Moskowitz D-FLOriginal
- Laurel Lee R-FL
- Derek Schmidt R-KS
- Troy Nehls R-TX
Who scored on this bill
- 1Russell Fry SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, marked up3 events+18
See all scorers and every scoring event
Introductions and cosponsorships count toward weekly caps and show no points.
Other bills by Russell Fry
- H.R. 3340: Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act
- H.R. 4323: Trafficking Survivors Relief Act
- H.R. 4593: SHOWER Act
- H.R. 4371: Kayla Hamilton Act
- H.R. 2255: Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025
- H.R. 1789: Promptly Ending Political Prosecutions and Executive Retaliation Act of 2025
History
- Introduced in the House by Russell Fry.
Show the full action history (4 actions)
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.