April 30, 2025
Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Ossoff) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
July 28, 2025
Reported by Mr. Grassley, without amendment
To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Comprehensive Health and Integrity in Licensing and Documentation Act of 2025
or the CHILD Act of 2025
.
Sec. 2. Defining covered individual
for purposes of background checks under the National Child Protection Act of 1993
Section 5(9)(B) of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (34 U.S.C. 40104(9)(B)) is amended—
(1)
in clause (i)—
(A)
by inserting , contracts with,
after is employed by
;
(B)
by inserting , contract with,
after be employed by
; and
(C)
by striking or
at the end;
(2)
by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii);
(3)
by inserting after clause (i) the following:
(ii)
is employed by or volunteers with, or seeks to be employed by or volunteer with, an entity that is under contract with a qualified entity;;
(4)
in clause (iii), as so redesignated, by adding or
at the end; and
(5)
by adding at the end the following:
(iv)
is licensed or certified, or seeks to be licensed or certified, by a qualified entity;