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§40311 Findings

Title 34 › Subtitle IV — Criminal Records and Information › CHAPTER 403 — CRIMINAL JUSTICE IDENTIFICATION, INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — EXCHANGE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS FOR NONCRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSES › § 40311

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Congress requires an interstate agreement so states and the federal government can share fingerprint-based criminal history records for noncriminal uses in a uniform way. The FBI and state repositories keep these fingerprint records and already share them for criminal cases through the Interstate Identification Index. States currently handle noncriminal uses like job and license checks very differently. The agreement will speed lawful access, improve accuracy, and help keep the records secure.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §40311

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Congress finds that—
(1)both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and State criminal history record repositories maintain fingerprint-based criminal history records;
(2)these criminal history records are shared and exchanged for criminal justice purposes through a Federal-State program known as the Interstate Identification Index System;
(3)although these records are also exchanged for legally authorized, noncriminal justice uses, such as governmental licensing and employment background checks, the purposes for and procedures by which they are exchanged vary widely from State to State;
(4)an interstate and Federal-State compact is necessary to facilitate authorized interstate criminal history record exchanges for noncriminal justice purposes on a uniform basis, while permitting each State to effectuate its own dissemination policy within its own borders; and
(5)such a compact will allow Federal and State records to be provided expeditiously to governmental and nongovernmental agencies that use such records in accordance with pertinent Federal and State law, while simultaneously enhancing the accuracy of the records and safeguarding the information contained therein from unauthorized disclosure or use.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 14611 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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For

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of subtitle A of title II of Pub. L. 105–251, which is classified to this subchapter, as the “National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act of 1998”, see section 211 of Pub. L. 105–251, set out as a

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of 1998 Act note under section 10101 of this title.

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 40311

Title 34, Navy

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102