INTEGRITY AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORD DATABASES.

SEC. 1115. INTEGRITY AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORD DATABASES. (a) Duties of Director.—Section 302 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3732) is amended—(1) in subsection (b), by inserting after the third sentence the following new sentence: “The Director shall be responsible for the integrity of data and statistics and shall protect against improper or illegal use or disclosure.”; (2) by amending paragraph (19) of subsection (c) to read as follows: “(19) provide for improvements in the accuracy, quality, timeliness, immediate accessibility, and integration of State criminal history and related records, support the development and enhancement of national systems of criminal history and related records including the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, the National Incident-Based Reporting System, and the records of the National Crime Information Center, facilitate State participation in national records and information systems, and support statistical research for critical analysis of the improvement and utilization of criminal history records;”; and (3) in subsection (d)—(A) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (4); (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following: 119 STAT. 3104 “(6) confer and cooperate with Federal statistical agencies as needed to carry out the purposes of this part, including by entering into cooperative data sharing agreements in conformity with all laws and regulations applicable to the disclosure and use of data.”. (b) Use of Data.—Section 304 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3735) is amended by striking “particular individual” and inserting “private person or public agency”. (c) Confidentiality of Information.—Section 812(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3789g(a)) is amended by striking “Except as provided by Federal law other than this title, no” and inserting “No”.