IMPROVEMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORDS.

SEC. 1803. IMPROVEMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORDS. (a) Amendment.— Subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: improvement of criminal justice records “Sec. 509. (a) Subject to subsection (d), each State which receives funds under section 506 in a fiscal year shall allocate not less than 5 percent of such funds to the improvement of criminal justice records. “(b) The improvement referred to in subsection (a) shall include— “(1) the completion of criminal histories to include the final dispositions of all arrests for felony offenses; “(2) the full automation of all criminal justice histories and fingerprint records; and “(3) the frequency and quality of criminal history reports to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “(c) The Director, in consultation with the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall establish guidelines for the fulfillment of the requirements specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. “(d) In accordance with such guidelines as the Director shall issue and on the request of a State, the Director may— “(1) waive compliance with subsection (a) by such State; or “(2) authorize such State to reduce the minimum amount such State is required to allocate under subsection (a); if the Director, in the discretion of the Director, finds that the quality of the State’s criminal justice records does not warrant expending the amount allocated under subsection (a).”. (b) Technical Amendment.— The table of contents of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 508 the following: “Sec. 509. Improvement of criminal justice records.”. 104 STAT. 4851 (c) Application of Amendments.— The amendments made by this section shall not apply with respect to any fiscal year beginning before the date of the enactment of this Act.