S.Amdt. 1513

SA 1513. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1388 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and
Mr. Schumer) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 815, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to
the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency
treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. ALIEN CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.

(a) In General.--Not later than seven days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection shall certify to the Committee
on Homeland Security and the Committee on the Judiciary of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate that U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) has real-time access to the criminal history
databases of all countries of origin and transit for aliens
encountered by CBP to perform criminal history background
checks for such aliens.
(b) Standards.--The certification required under subsection
(a) shall also include a determination whether the criminal
history databases of a country are accurate, up to date,
digitized, searchable, and otherwise meet the standards of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation for criminal history
databases maintained by State and local governments.
(c) Certification.--The Secretary shall annually submit to
the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a certification that
each database referred to in subsection (b) which the
Secretary accessed or sought to access pursuant to this
section met the standards described in subsection (b).
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