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[CITE: 42USC14611]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
     CHAPTER 140--CRIMINAL JUSTICE IDENTIFICATION, INFORMATION, AND 
                              COMMUNICATION
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--EXCHANGE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS FOR NONCRIMINAL 
                            JUSTICE PURPOSES
 
Sec. 14611. Findings

    Congress finds that--
        (1) both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and State criminal 
    history record repositories maintain fingerprint-based criminal 
    history records;
        (2) these criminal history records are shared and exchanged for 
    criminal justice purposes through a Federal-State program known as 
    the Interstate Identification Index System;
        (3) although these records are also exchanged for legally 
    authorized, noncriminal justice uses, such as governmental licensing 
    and employment background checks, the purposes for and procedures by 
    which they are exchanged vary widely from State to State;
        (4) an interstate and Federal-State compact is necessary to 
    facilitate authorized interstate criminal history record exchanges 
    for noncriminal justice purposes on a uniform basis, while 
    permitting each State to effectuate its own dissemination policy 
    within its own borders; and
        (5) such a compact will allow Federal and State records to be 
    provided expeditiously to governmental and nongovernmental agencies 
    that use such records in accordance with pertinent Federal and State 
    law, while simultaneously enhancing the accuracy of the records and 
    safeguarding the information contained therein from unauthorized 
    disclosure or use.

(Pub. L. 105-251, title II, Sec. 212, Oct. 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 1874.)
