S 842 — Fair Chance Act

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842 [Report No.

115-162] To prohibit Federal agencies and Federal contractors from requesting that an applicant for employment disclose criminal history record information before the applicant has received a conditional offer, and for other purposes.

Brown, and Mr.

Portman)Portman, introducedMr. the following bill;

whichLeahy, was read twice and referredMr. to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit Federal agencies and Federal contractors from requesting that an applicant for employment disclose criminal history record information before the applicant has received a conditional offer, and for other purposes.

Peters) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs September 25, 2017 Reported by Mr.

Johnson, with amendments [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit Federal agencies and Federal contractors from requesting that an applicant for employment disclose criminal history record information before the applicant has received a conditional offer, and for other purposes.

``(4) the term `criminal history record information'-- ``(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B),(B) subparagraphs (B) and (C), has the meaning given the term in section 9101(a);

Limitations on requests for criminal history record information ``(a) Inquiries Prior to Conditional Offer.--Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), an employee of an agency may not request, in oral or written form (including through the Declaration for Federal Employment (Office of Personnel Management Optional Form 306), or any similar successor form),form ), including through the USAJOBS Internet Web sitesite, or any other electronic means, ) that an applicant for an appointment to a position in the civil service disclose criminal history record information regarding the applicant before the appointing authority extends a conditional offer to the applicant.

<DELETED> (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is amended--amended--</DELETED> <DELETED> (A) by redesignating the item relating to section 207 as the item relating to section 208;

andand</DELETED> <DELETED> (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 206 the following new item:item:</DELETED> <DELETED>``Sec.

207.

Rights and protections relating to criminal history inquiries.''.

(2) Clerical amendments.-- (A) The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-1;

109 Stat.

3) is amended-- (i) by redesignating the item relating to section 207 as the item relating to section 208;

and (ii) by inserting after the item relating to section 206 the following new item:

(B) Section 62(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``207'' and inserting ``208''.

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842 [Report No.

115-162] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit Federal agencies and Federal contractors from requesting that an applicant for employment disclose criminal history record information before the applicant has received a conditional offer, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________ September 25, 2017 Reported with amendments