H.R. 5211 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Peace Officer Standards and Training Agency Information Access Clarification Act
Cosponsors: none · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2025-09-08
Latest action (2025-09-08): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
What H.R. 5211 does, in plain terms
Peace Officer Standards and Training Agency Information Access Clarification Act This bill authorizes a new type of entity—peace officer standards and training agencies—to access criminal history record information maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The term peace officer standards and training agency means an agency of a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory that is authorized to set standards for the hiring, training, ethical conduct, and retention of its law enforcement officers through certification, licensing, or other similar qualification processes.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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