Child Fingerprints Safekeeping Act of 2006

Child Fingerprints Safekeeping Act of 2006 - Directs the Attorney General to establish and implement a grant program for the voluntary fingerprinting of children. Permits release of such fingerprints only to a parent or guardian of the child.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5773 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5773

To require the Attorney General to establish and implement a program to 
    make grants to States for fingerprinting programs for children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2006

  Mr. Foley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Attorney General to establish and implement a program to 
    make grants to States for fingerprinting programs for children.

    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 ``Child Fingerprints Safekeeping Act 
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR FINGERPRINTING PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall establish and implement 
a program under which the Attorney General may make grants to States, 
units of local government, and Indian tribal governments in accordance 
with this section.
    (b) Use of Grant Amounts.--A grant made to a State, unit of local 
government, or Indian tribal government under subsection (a) shall be 
distributed to law enforcement agencies within the jurisdiction of such 
State, unit, or tribal government to be used for any of the following 
activities:
            (1) To establish a voluntary fingerprinting program for 
        children, which may include the taking of palm prints of 
        children.
            (2) To hire additional law enforcement personnel, or train 
        existing law enforcement personnel, to take fingerprints of 
        children.
            (3) To provide information within the community involved 
        about the existence of such a fingerprinting program.
            (4) To provide for computer hardware, computer software, or 
        other materials necessary to carry out such a fingerprinting 
        program.
    (c) Limitation.--Fingerprints of a child derived from a program 
funded under this section--
            (1) may be released only to a parent or guardian of the 
        child; and
            (2) may not be copied or retained by any Federal, State, 
        local, or tribal law enforcement officer unless written 
        permission is given by the parent or guardian.
    (d) Criminal Penalty.--Any person who uses the fingerprints of a 
child derived from a program funded under this section for any purpose 
other than the purpose described in subsection (c)(1) shall be subject 
to imprisonment for not more than one year, a fine under title 18, 
United States Code, or both.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $20,000,000 to carry out this section for the five-year 
period beginning on the first day of fiscal year 2007.
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