Jeremy Bell Act of 2011
Latest action · Mar 29, 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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.
- IntroducedDec 23, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Jeremy Bell Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit an employer from directing, causing, persuading, inducing, or enticing the travel of an employee in one state to employment in another state if the employer knows that the employee engaged in sexual conduct with a person under age 18 that would constitute a felony where such conduct occurred during the course of employment. Sets penalties for violations.
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize a private or public elementary or secondary school, a local educational agency, or a state educational agency to receive funds under such Act only if it has in effect a policy that ensures that every individual employed by it has undergone a fingerprint-based check of the national crime information databases and, where possible, of state criminal history databases.
Conditions a state's receipt of funds under such Act on enforcement of a state law and policy that ensures that: (1) individuals employed at a school located in the state report to law enforcement officials any incidents of sexual conduct involving a minor and an individual employed at any school in the state; (2) employees who fail to report such incidents are penalized; (3) the state makes available in an interstate clearinghouse to schools, local educational agencies, and state educational agencies the identity of any individual who was so reported and whose employment was terminated as a result; and (4) such information is only made available to schools, local educational agencies, and state educational agencies, not the general public.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 23, 2011 to May 9, 2012, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Dec 23, 2011 |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Original | Dec 23, 2011 |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Jan 10, 2012 | |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Mar 21, 2012 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Apr 18, 2012 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Apr 18, 2012 | |
| R-NJ | Jon Runyan | May 9, 2012 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Jan 6, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Dec 23, 2011Introduced in House
- Dec 23, 2011Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 23, 2011Introduced in House
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