Sec. 803. Transparency and accountability study
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Bureau of Justice Statistics shall conduct a study, and submit a report to Congress on that study, that— collects data on the Federal and State laws that result in the disqualification of applicants for employment, an occupational license, or an occupational certification based on the criminal record of the applicant; focuses on the disqualifying offenses and the racial, gender, and ethnic profile of the applicants disqualified under the laws described in paragraph (1); and examines the reversal rates and impact on employment opportunities that result from the procedures to appeal a potential disqualification from employment, an occupational license, or an occupational certification required under section 802 and the amendments made by that section.
A State that wishes to access to a record as described in subsection (g)(2) of section 534 of title 28, United States Code, (as added by this title) and each Federal agency that administers a provision of law affected by section 802(b) shall regularly collect and submit to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, for purposes of the annual study under subsection
(a)of this section, any applicable data described in subsection
(a)of this section.