119-s1528

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[S. 1528 Reported in Senate

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 Calendar No. 128
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1528

 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.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 April 30, 2025

 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Ossoff) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 the Judiciary

 July 28, 2025

 Reported by Mr. Grassley, without amendment

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 A BILL

 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.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Health and Integrity 
in Licensing and Documentation Act of 2025'' or the ``CHILD Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINING ``COVERED INDIVIDUAL'' FOR PURPOSES OF BACKGROUND 
 CHECKS UNDER THE NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION ACT OF 1993.

 

Section 5

    (9)
        (B) of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (34 
U.S.C. 40104

    (9)
        (B) ) is amended--

    (1) in clause
            (i) --
        (A) by inserting ``, contracts with,'' after ``is 
 employed by'';
        (B) by inserting ``, contract with,'' after ``be 
 employed by''; and
            (C) by striking ``or'' at the end;

    (2) by redesignating clause
            (ii) as clause
            (iii) ;

    (3) by inserting after clause
            (i) the following:
 ``
            (ii) is employed by or volunteers with, 
 or seeks to be employed by or volunteer with, 
 an entity that is under contract with a 
 qualified entity;'';

    (4) in clause
            (iii) , as so redesignated, by adding ``or'' 
 at the end; and

    (5) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (iv) is licensed or certified, or seeks 
 to be licensed or certified, by a qualified 
 entity;''.
 Calendar No. 128

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 S. 1528

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

 July 28, 2025

 Reported without amendment