S.Amdt. 1856

SA 1856. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish

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a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science
Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require
a strategy and report on economic security, science, research,
innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical
supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. USCIS ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS.

(a) In General.--In addition to any other access to
criminal history records authorized for noncriminal justice
purposes under the National Crime History Access and Child
Protection Act (34 U.S.C. 40311 et seq.), the Attorney
General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation shall provide the Secretary of Homeland
Security, for purposes relating to immigration and
naturalization matters, with--
(1) direct access to criminal history records without
submission of positive identification, including name-check
access to the Interstate Identification Index (III) System;
and
(2) access to sealed record information and any other
criminal history information on the same terms as are
provided to an agency performing a criminal justice or law
enforcement purpose.
(b) Definitions.--The definitions in section 213 of the
National Criminal History Access and Child Protection Act (34
U.S.C. 40312) shall apply to subsection (a).
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