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5 U.S.C. § 9201 — Definitions
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In this chapter—
(1) the term “agency” means “Executive agency” as such term is defined in section 105 and includes—
(A) the United States Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission; and
(B) the Executive Office of the President;
(2) the term “appointing authority” means an employee in the executive branch of the Government of the United States that has authority to make appointments to positions in the civil service;
(3) the term “conditional offer” means an offer of employment in a position in the civil service that is conditioned upon the results of a criminal history inquiry;
(4) the term “criminal history record information”—
(A) except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), has the meaning given the term in section 9101(a);
(B) includes any information described in the first sentence of section 9101(a)(2) that has been sealed or expunged pursuant to law; and
(C) includes information collected by a criminal justice agency, relating to an act or alleged act of juvenile delinquency, that is analogous to criminal history record information (including such information that has been sealed or expunged pursuant to law); and
(5) the term “suspension” has the meaning given the term in section 7501.
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In this chapter—
(1) the term “agency” means “Executive agency” as such term is defined in section 105 and includes—
(A) the United States Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission; and
(B) the Executive Office of the President;
(2) the term “appointing authority” means an employee in the executive branch of the Government of the United States that has authority to make appointments to positions in the civil service;
(3) the term “conditional offer” means an offer of employment in a position in the civil service that is conditioned upon the results of a criminal history inquiry;
(4) the term “criminal history record information”—
(A) except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), has the meaning given the term in section 9101(a);
(B) includes any information described in the first sentence of section 9101(a)(2) that has been sealed or expunged pursuant to law; and
(C) includes information collected by a criminal justice agency, relating to an act or alleged act of juvenile delinquency, that is analogous to criminal history record information (including such information that has been sealed or expunged pursuant to law); and
(5) the term “suspension” has the meaning given the term in section 7501.
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**(a) Limitation on Criminal History Inquiries.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the head of an agency—
(A) may not require that an individual or sole proprietor who submits a bid for a contract to disclose criminal history record information regarding that individual or sole proprietor before determining the apparent awardee; and
(B) shall require as a condition of receiving a Federal contract and receiving payments under such contract that the contractor may not verbally or through written form request the disclosure of criminal history record information regarding an applicant for a position related to work under such contract before such contractor extends a conditional offer to the applicant.
(2) **Otherwise required by law.—** — The prohibition under paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to a contract if consideration of criminal history record information prior to a conditional offer with respect to the position is otherwise required by law.
(3) **Exception for certain positions.—**
(A) *In general.—* — The prohibition under paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to—
(i) a contract that requires an individual hired under the contract to access classified information or to have sensitive law enforcement or national security duties; or
(ii) a position that the Secretary of Defense identifies under the regulations issued under subparagraph (B).
(B) *Regulations.—*
(i) *Issuance.—* — Not later than 16 months after the date of enactment of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, shall issue regulations identifying additional positions with respect to which the prohibition under paragraph (1) shall no
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**(a) Definitions** In this section, the terms “agency”, “criminal history record information”, and “suspension” have the meanings given the terms in [section 9201 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section9201&num=0&edition=prelim), except as otherwise modified by this section.
**(b) Restrictions on criminal history inquiries**
(1) **In general**
(A) *In general* — Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an employee of an employing office may not request that an applicant for employment as a covered employee disclose criminal history record information if the request would be prohibited under [section 9202 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section9202&num=0&edition=prelim) if made by an employee of an agency.
(B) *Conditional offer* — For purposes of applying that section 9202 under subparagraph (A), a reference in that section 9202 to a conditional offer shall be considered to be an offer of employment as a covered employee that is conditioned upon the results of a criminal history inquiry.
(2) **Rules of construction** — The provisions of [section 9206 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section9206&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply to employing offices, consistent with regulations issued under subsection (d).
**(c) Remedy**
(1) **In general** — The remedy for a violation of subsection (b)(1) shall be such remedy as would be appropriate if awarded under [section 9204 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section9204&num=0&edition=prelim) if the violation had been committed by an employee of an agency, consistent with regulations issued under subsection (d), except that the reference
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**(a)** The Director shall be the administrative officer of the courts, and under the supervision and direction of the Judicial Conference of the United States, shall:
(1) Supervise all administrative matters relating to the offices of clerks and other clerical and administrative personnel of the courts;
(2) Examine the state of the dockets of the courts; secure information as to the courts’ need of assistance; prepare and transmit semiannually to the chief judges of the circuits, statistical data and reports as to the business of the courts;
(3) Submit to the annual meeting of the Judicial Conference of the United States, at least two weeks prior thereto, a report of the activities of the Administrative Office and the state of the business of the courts, together with the statistical data submitted to the chief judges of the circuits under paragraph (a)(2) of this section, and the Director’s recommendations, which report, data and recommendations shall be public documents.
(4) Submit to Congress and the Attorney General copies of the report, data and recommendations required by paragraph (a)(3) of this section;
(5) Fix the compensation of clerks of court, deputies, librarians, criers, messengers, law clerks, secretaries, stenographers, clerical assistants, and other employees of the courts whose compensation is not otherwise fixed by law, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, pay on behalf of Justices and judges of the United States appointed to hold office during good behavior, United States magistrate judges, bankruptcy judges appointed under chapter 6 of this title, judges of the District Court of Guam, judges of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, judges of the District Court of the Virgin Islands, bankruptcy judges and magistrate j
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**(a) Limitation on Criminal History Inquiries.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), an executive agency—
(A) may not require that an individual or sole proprietor who submits a bid for a contract to disclose criminal history record information regarding that individual or sole proprietor before determining the apparent awardee; and
(B) shall require, as a condition of receiving a Federal contract and receiving payments under such contract that the contractor may not verbally, or through written form, request the disclosure of criminal history record information regarding an applicant for a position related to work under such contract before the contractor extends a conditional offer to the applicant.
(2) **Otherwise required by law.—** — The prohibition under paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to a contract if consideration of criminal history record information prior to a conditional offer with respect to the position is otherwise required by law.
(3) **Exception for certain positions.—**
(A) *In general.—* — The prohibition under paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to—
(i) a contract that requires an individual hired under the contract to access classified information or to have sensitive law enforcement or national security duties; or
(ii) a position that the Administrator of General Services identifies under the regulations issued under subparagraph (B).
(B) *Regulations.—*
(i) *Issuance.—* — Not later than 16 months after the date of enactment of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019, the Administrator of General Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall issue regulations identifying additional positions with respect to which the prohibition under paragraph
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 9201
ducted by the Department of Defense, the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, or the Central Intelligence Agen-
cy, for the purposes specified in paragraph (b)(1) of sec-
tion 9101 of title 5, United States Code, as added by this
Act.’’
TERMINATION DATE OF SUBSECTION (b)(3) OF THIS
SECTION
Pub. L. 100–453, title I, § 101(d), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat.
1904, extended the expiration date provided in section
803(b) of Pub. L. 99–169, formerly set out below, until
Dec. 31, 1989.
Pub. L. 99–169, title VIII, § 803(b), Dec. 4, 1985, 99 Stat.
1011, provided that subsec. (b)(3) of this section expired
three years after Dec. 4, 1985.
REPORT TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES ON EFFECT OF
PROVISIONS FOR INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTS
Pub. L. 99–169, title VIII, § 803(a), Dec. 4, 1985, 99 Stat.
1010, as amended by Pub. L. 99–569, title IV, § 402(b), Oct.
27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3196, directed Department of Justice,
within two years after Dec. 4, 1985, and after consulta-
tion with Department of Defense, Office of Personnel
Management, Central Intelligence Agency, and Federal
Bureau of Investigation, to report to appropriate com-
mittees of Congress concerning the effect of 5 U.S.C.
9101(b)(3), as added by this Act, including the effect of
the absence of indemnification agreements upon States
and localities not eligible under 5 U.S.C. 9101(b)(3) for
such agreements.
CHAPTER 92—PROHIBITION ON CRIMINAL
HISTORY
INQUIRIES
PRIOR
TO
CONDI-
TIONAL OFFER
Sec.
9201.
Definitions.
9202.
Limitations on requests for criminal history
record information.
9203.
Agency policies; complaint procedures.
9204.
Adverse action.
9205.
Procedures.
9206.
Rules of construction.
§ 9201. Definitions
In this chapter—
(1) the te
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