Peace Officer Standards and Training Agency Information Access Clarification Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5211 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5211 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 Mr. Schmidt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access criminal history records, and for other purposes. 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 ``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-- (1) in subsection (a)(4), by amending to read as follows: ``(4) 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''; (2) in subsection (e)-- (A) by striking ``section, the term'' and inserting the following: ``section-- ``(1) the term''; (B) by striking ``(1) railroad'' and inserting the following: ``(A) railroad''; (C) by striking ``(2) police'' and inserting the following: ``(B) police''; (D) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (E) by adding at the end the following: ``(2) the term `peace officer standards and training agency' means an agency of a State with the statutory authority under State law t