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HR 1352 - Firefighters' background checks; urge FBI eliminate fee requirement

Twiggs, Ralph (8th)	Jenkins, Curtis S (110th)	Day, Burke (153rd)
Snow, Mike (2nd)	Coleman, Terry L (142nd)	Poag, Judy N (6th)

Status Summary	HC:	PubS	SC:		FR:	03/16/00	LA:	03/20/00	H - Read 2nd Time

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A RESOLUTION urging the Federal Bureau of Investigation to eliminate the fee requirement associated with background checks of firefighters; and for other purposes.

HR 1352                                            LC 10 3228 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Urging the Federal Bureau of Investigation to eliminate the 
  1- 2  fee requirement associated with background checks of 
  1- 3  firefighters; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 4  WHEREAS, Georgia's firefighters, like firefighters 
  1- 5  throughout the United States, are an integral part of the 
  1- 6  public safety sector in local communities; and 
 
  1- 7  WHEREAS, criminal activity is often associated with fires 
  1- 8  resulting in fire authorities becoming directly involved 
  1- 9  with the investigation of such criminal activity; and 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, as a result of such involvement and in addition to 
  1-11  their contributions to public safety in general, 
  1-12  firefighters are placed in a role shoulder to shoulder with 
  1-13  local law enforcement officers in forming the public safety 
  1-14  team for communities across the nation; and 
 
  1-15  WHEREAS, the State of Georgia requires that 
  1-16  fingerprint-based record searches be conducted upon its 
  1-17  firefighters to determine the existence of any previous 
  1-18  criminal activity, which searches are performed in part by 
  1-19  the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and 
 
  1-20  WHEREAS, the Federal Bureau of Investigation does not charge 
  1-21  a fee to law enforcement agencies for such record searches, 
  1-22  but does in fact charge fire service agencies a $24.00 fee 
  1-23  to conduct such background checks. 
 
  1-24  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  1-25  REPRESENTATIVES that since firefighters play such an 
  1-26  important role in public safety and since it is in the 
  1-27  interest of the public for fingerprint-based criminal 
  1-28  background searches to be conducted upon firefighters, the 
  1-29  members of this body urge the Federal Bureau of 
  1-30  Investigation to eliminate the $24.00 fee requirement 
  1-31  associated with those record searches. 
 
  1-32  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 
  1-33  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit 
  1-34  appropriate copies of this resolution to the director of the 
  1-35  Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Attorney General of the 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  United States, and to each member of the Georgia 
  2- 2  congressional delegation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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