                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
            CHAPTER 232--MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCING PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3662. Conviction records

    (a) The Attorney General of the United States is authorized to 
establish in the Department of Justice a repository for records of 
convictions and determinations of the validity of such convictions.
    (b) Upon the conviction thereafter of a defendant in a court of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, a territory or possession of the United States, any political 
subdivision, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof for 
an offense punishable in such court by death or imprisonment in excess 
of one year, or a judicial determination of the validity of such 
conviction on collateral review, the court shall cause a certified 
record of the conviction or determination to be made to the repository 
in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General of 
the United States shall by regulation prescribe.
    (c) Records maintained in the repository shall not be public 
records. Certified copies thereof--
        (1) may be furnished for law enforcement purposes on request of 
    a court or law enforcement or corrections officer of the United 
    States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a 
    territory or possession of the United States, any political 
    subdivision, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof;
        (2) may be furnished for law enforcement purposes on request of 
    a court or law enforcement or corrections officer of a State, any 
    political subdivision, or any department, agency, or instrumentality 
    thereof, if a statute of such State requires that, upon the 
    conviction of a defendant in a court of the State or any political 
    subdivision thereof for an offense punishable in such court by death 
    or imprisonment in excess of one year, or a judicial determination 
    of the validity of such conviction on collateral review, the court 
    cause a certified record of the conviction or determination to be 
    made to the repository in such form and containing such information 
    as the Attorney General of the United States shall by regulation 
    prescribe; and
        (3) shall be prima facie evidence in any court of the United 
    States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a 
    territory or possession of the United States, any political 
    subdivision, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, 
    that the convictions occurred and whether they have been judicially 
    determined to be invalid on collateral review.

    (d) The Attorney General of the United States shall give reasonable 
public notice, and afford to interested parties opportunity for hearing, 
prior to prescribing regulations under this section.

(Added Pub. L. 91-452, title X, Sec. 1001(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 
951, Sec. 3578; renumbered Sec. 3662, Pub. L. 98-473, title II, 
Sec. 212(a)(1), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1987.)
