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H.R. 4112: Private Security Officer Screening Improvement Act

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H.R. 4112: Private Security Officer Screening Improvement Act

112th Congress · introduced 2012-02-29 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2012-02-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Private Security Officer Screening Improvement Act

Plain summary

Private Security Officer Screening Improvement Act - Amends the Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act of 2004 to authorize a screening entity (defined as a private business, nonprofit organization, or individual authorized by the Attorney General to submit, receive, and screen criminal history record information for purposes of a criminal history record information search), in addition to a state identification bureau, to perform such a search on private security officers.

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Official text

Private Security Officer Screening Improvement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] · 3 cosponsors

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Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Securities
Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr4112 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112