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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5211

Peace Officer Standards and Training Agency Information Access Clarification Act

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Introduced 2025-09-08Topic: criminal justice · public safety

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Peace Officer Standards and Training Agency Information Access Clarification Act This bill authorizes a new type of entity—peace officer standards and training agencies—to access criminal history record information maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The term peace officer standards and training agency means an agency of a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory that is authorized to set standards for the hiring, training, ethical conduct, and retention of its law enforcement officers through certification, licensing, or other similar qualification processes.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-09-08HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2025-09-08Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-09-08Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.