Encouraging employers and online dating sites to use sex offender registries for background checks.
Latest action · Aug 10, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 25, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Encourages: (1) employers to check the names of potential employees with federal and state sex offender registries when hiring for positions involving children; (2) online dating sites to check the names of site members and those seeking site membership with federal and state sex offender registries and adopt appropriate safeguards; and (3) all states and jurisdictions to expeditiously implement sex offender registration requirements enacted by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2007 to Sep 25, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Jul 27, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Jul 27, 2007 | |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Jul 27, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Jul 31, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Aug 1, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Sep 4, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Nick Lampson | Sep 4, 2007 | |
| D-LA | Charlie Melancon | Sep 25, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 10, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Jul 25, 2007Introduced in House
- Jul 25, 2007Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Child safety
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Data banks
- Directories
- Employee selection
- Families
- Government Operations and Politics
- Identification of criminals
- Labor and Employment
- Local laws
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sex offenders
- Social life and customs
- State laws
- Web sites
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2007Introduced in House
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