H.R. 2649: Schools Safely Acquiring Faculty Excellence Act of 2003

108th Congress · introduced 2003-06-26 · Education · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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Where it came from: introduced 2003-06-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Schools Safely Acquiring Faculty Excellence Act of 2003

Plain summary

Schools Safely Acquiring Faculty Excellence Act of 2003 - Prohibits the Secretary of Education from making any funds available to a State under any program administered by the Department of Education unless the Secretary determines that the State has in place a criminal information sharing system. Directs the Secretary to make such determination with regard to each State within one year after enactment of this Act. Requires such a system to be one under which the State shares with the Federal Government information (including for non-criminal justice purposes) on each arrest, charge, or conviction (including any no contest plea) in such State for specified covered offenses. Requires such information to include the identity of: (1) each individual so arrested, charged, or convicted; and (2) the identity of each individual under suspicion for such an offense. Requires such system to cover any offense that: (1) is a felony or involves violence, a controlled substance, child abuse, statutory rape, rape, molestation, or sexual abuse; and (2) occurs on or after the date that is 15 years before the date of the enactment of this Act.

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Official text

Schools Safely Acquiring Faculty Excellence Act of 2003

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] · 2 cosponsors

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John R. Carter (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr2649.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>

Record fed-us-cong108-hr2649 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108