[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1961 Referred in House (RFH)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1961
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 18, 2005
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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AN ACT
To extend and expand the Child Safety Pilot Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Extending the Child Safety Pilot
Program Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE CHILD SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM.
Section 108 of the PROTECT Act (42 U.S.C. 5119a note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``A volunteer
organization in a participating State may not submit
background check requests under paragraph (3).'';
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``a
30-month'' and inserting: ``a 60-month'';
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and
inserting the following:
``(B) Participating organizations.--
``(i) Eligible organizations.--Eligible
organizations include--
``(I) the Boys and Girls Clubs of
America;
``(II) the MENTOR/National
Mentoring Partnership;
``(III) the National Council of
Youth Sports; and
``(IV) any nonprofit organization
that provides care, as that term is
defined in section 5 of the National
Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.
5119c), for children.
``(ii) Pilot program.--The eligibility of
an organization described in clause (i)(IV) to
participate in the pilot program established
under this section shall be determined by the
National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children according to criteria established by
such Center, including the potential number of
applicants and suitability of the organization
to the intent of this section.'';
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C) and
inserting the following:
``(C) Applicants from participating
organizations.--Participating organizations may request
background checks on applicants for positions as
volunteers and employees who will be working with
children or supervising volunteers.'';
(iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``the
organizations described in subparagraph (C)''
and inserting ``participating organizations'';
and
(v) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``14
business days'' and inserting ``10 business
days''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``and 2005'' and
inserting ``through 2008''.
Passed the Senate November 18, 2005.
Attest:
EMILY J. REYNOLDS,
Secretary.