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House Bill 8352
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Criminal History Access Act of 2026
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H. R. 8352 (Reported-in-House)

Union Calendar No. 553

119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8352

[Report No. 119–636]


To authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access criminal history records, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 16, 2026

Mr. Schmidt (for himself and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

May 4, 2026

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 16, 2026]

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 “Criminal History Access Act of 2026”.

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 to set standards for the hiring, training, ethical conduct, and retention of the law enforcement officers of the State through certification, licensing, or other similar qualification process; and

“(3) the term ‘State’ means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States.”.

(b) Regulations.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall amend part 20 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Union Calendar No. 553

119th CONGRESS
     2d Session
H. R. 8352
[Report No. 119–636]
A BILL
To authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access criminal history records, and for other purposes.
May 4, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed