H.R. 3100 · In committee · Crime and Law Enforcement

To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations.

Sponsor: Russell Fry (R-SC)

What it does

• Expand eligibility for national criminal background checks to include contractors who work with vulnerable populations (children, elderly, individuals with disabilities) at care-providing businesses and organizations.
• Restore background check authority for individuals licensed or certified by care-providing businesses and organizations to provide care for vulnerable populations.
• Reinstate background check authority for employees or volunteers of contracted entities working with vulnerable populations.

Official summary

This bill restores the authority for businesses and organizations that provide care or care placement services for children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities (care-providing businesses and organizations) to request national criminal history background checks for contractors and for individuals they certify or license. Federal law authorizes care-providing businesses and organizations to request national criminal history background checks for certain covered individuals . From 1994 to 2018, covered individuals included three categories of individuals: (1) current or prospective employees or volunteers; (2) current or prospective owners or operators; and (3) anyone who had, may have had, or sought to have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities (e.g., contractors and licensees). In 2018, the Child Protection Improvements Act removed the third category, narrowing the scope of covered individuals to just two categories: (1) current or prospective employees or volunteers, and (2) current or prospective owners or operators. Under the law, an individual in one of the categories who has, may have, or seeks to have access to children, the elderly, or…

Latest action

Jul 15, 2026: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.

Committee: House Judiciary