123STA T . 1 54 3 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9(G)The e xt e n tt ow h ic h pr i va te co m panie s are c u r - rent ly per f ormin g criminal history chec k s , an d the possi- b ility of using private companies in the future to perform any of the criminal history check process, including the collection and transmission of fingerprints and fitness determinations . ( H ) The cost of development and operation of the tech- nology and the infrastructure necessary to establish a nationwide fingerprint-based and other criminal back- ground check system. ( I ) The extent of S tate participation in the procedures for background checks under the N ational C hild P rotection A ct of 19 9 3 ( 42U .S.C. 5 119 et se q .). ( J ) The extent to which States provide access to nation- wide criminal history checks to organi z ations that serve children. ( K ) The extent to which States permit volunteers and other individuals to appeal adverse fitness determinations, and whether similar procedures are required at the F ederal level. ( L ) Any privacy concerns that may arise from nation- wide criminal background checks for participants. ( M ) Any other information determined relevant by the Attorney General. (2) I NTERIM RE PO RT. —B ased on the findings of the study under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall, not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an interim report, which may include recommendations regarding criminal history checks for individuals that seek to volunteer with organizations that work with children, the elderly, or individ- uals with disabilities. (3) FIN AL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Health, E ducation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of R epresentatives, a final report including recommendations regarding criminal history checks for participants under the national service laws, which may include— (A) a proposal for grants to States to develop or improve programs to collect fingerprints and perform criminal his- tory checks for individuals that seek to volunteer with organizations that work with children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities
and (B) recommendations for amendments to the National Child Protection Act of 1993 and the V olunteers for Chil- dren Act so that entities receiving assistance under the national service laws can promptly and affordably conduct nationwide criminal history background checks on their employees and volunteers. (4) D E F INITION S .—In this subsection, the terms ‘ ‘author- izing committees ’ ’, ‘‘participants’’, and ‘‘national service laws’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 1 0 1 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511).
