1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 . 2. National Criminal History Background Check and Criminal History Review Program The National Child Protection Act of 1993 ( 42 U.S.C. 5119 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 3— (A) by striking provider each place it appears, and inserting covered individual ; (B) by amending subsection (a)(3) to read as follows: (3) (A) The Attorney General shall establish a program, in accordance with this section, to provide qualified entities located in States which do not have in effect procedures described in paragraph (1), or qualified entities located in States which do not prohibit the use of the program established under this paragraph, with access to national criminal history background checks on, and criminal history reviews of, covered individuals. (B) A qualified entity described in subparagraph (A) may submit to the appropriate designated entity a request for a national criminal history background check on, and a criminal history review of, a covered individual. Qualified entities making a request under this paragraph shall comply with the guidelines set forth in subsection (b), and with any additional applicable procedures set forth by the Attorney General or by the State in which the entity is located. ; (C) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking unsupervised ; (ii) in paragraph (2)— (I) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; (II) by striking that each covered individual who is the subject of a background check and inserting (A) that each covered individual who is the subject of a background check conducted pursuant to the procedures established pursuant to subsection (a)(1)