HR 1154 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Clear Your Good Name Act

Introduced Mar 21, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Jerrold Nadler D-NY

Latest action · Apr 19, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 21, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Clear Your Good Name Act - Requires that a reference in any Federal law enforcement agency record to an arrest of a person living after the effective date of this Act, and any Federal law enforcement record (such as fingerprint records or photographs) generated pursuant to that arrest, be expunged: (1) within 30 days after the date on which that arrest becomes a "voidable arrest" (i.e., an arrest resulting in the release of the person without the filing of formal charges, dismissal of proceedings against the person, or a determination that the arrest was without probable cause); and (2) to the extent provided in a Federal expungement order, if the arrest occurred before this Act's effective date. Permits individuals to petition for a Federal expungement order.

Makes it a class B misdemeanor to release or to knowingly fail to expunge a reference or record required to be expunged by this Act. Allows the person arrested to respond to any inquiry as though the voidable arrest did not occur.

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase the percentage of funding under the drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grant program if a State has in effect a law which provides substantially similar expungement procedures, criminal penalties, and individual rights regarding voidable arrests.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 21, 2001 to Jun 14, 2001; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-IN	Julia Carson	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MI	Lynn N. Rivers	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Tom Lantos	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Jun 14, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Mar 21, 2001
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Apr 19, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 19, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 21, 2001Introduced in House
Mar 21, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E412-413)
Mar 21, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E412	Jerrold Nadler D-NY	Mar 21, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require Federal law enforcement agencies to expunge voidable arrest records, to provide incentive funds to States that have in effect a system for expunging such records, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Clear Your Good Name Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 21, 2001Introduced in House

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