PASS Act

Passenger Safety and Security Act or the PASS Act - Amends the federal judicial code to include state and local agencies among institutions with which the Attorney General shall exchange identification records and information, including agencies acting through a qualified transportation regulation association to conduct criminal background investigations as a condition of issuing a taxi, chauffeur, public passenger, or other similar license.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2596 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2596

   To amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the Attorney 
     General to share information with agencies of State and local 
   governments that conduct criminal background checks when issuing 
   licenses to taxi drivers, chauffeurs, and other public passenger 
                           vehicle operators.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2013

   Mr. King of New York (for himself, Mr. Andrews, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. 
 Pascrell, Mr. Roskam, and Mr. Israel) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the Attorney 
     General to share information with agencies of State and local 
   governments that conduct criminal background checks when issuing 
   licenses to taxi drivers, chauffeurs, and other public passenger 
                           vehicle operators.

    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 ``Passenger Safety and Security Act'' 
or the ``PASS Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH STATE 
              AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

    Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (1);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (2) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(3) agencies of State or local governments, including 
        agencies of State or local governments acting through a 
        qualified transportation regulation association, that conduct 
        criminal background investigations as a condition of issuing a 
        taxi, chauffeur, public passenger, or other similar license.''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (f)(3)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (A);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (B) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(C) the term `qualified transportation regulation 
                association' means the International Association of 
                Transportation Regulators, or a wholly owned subsidiary 
                of such association, used by a State or local agency 
                for the purpose of sharing criminal background check 
                information between the Department of Justice and the 
                appropriate State and local agencies.''.
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