Washington, May 12 -- Congressman Derek Schmidt issued the following press release:
Bipartisan legislation to strengthen background checks for law enforcement officers, led by Republican Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) and Democrat Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), was passed today by the House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support.
The Criminal History Access Act (https://schmidt.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/schmidt.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/schmks_028_xml.pdf) would explicitly authorize the exchange of criminal history record information between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and state Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) agencies. State POST agencies are responsible for setting standards for the hi...