; findings (a) Purpose The purpose of this Act is to facilitate screening for individuals seeking access to qualified chemical and refining infrastructure entities in a manner that promotes public safety while protecting the interests of both individuals and qualified entities. (b) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Federal Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) is an essential and widely accepted resource for background screening. (2) The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) existing CHRI system, the Interstate Identification Index (III), including the National Fingerprint File (NFF), is a partnership between the States and the FBI. It is the primary means for accessing and communicating CHRI for criminal justice and certain critical noncriminal justice purposes. (3) The existing CHRI system is built on information maintained by the States. CHRI available from the States represents 95 percent of the CHRI available for background check decisions. (4) Today, access to a national criminal history background check through the FBI is dependent on a patchwork of legal authorizations, resulting in ongoing requests for new Federal or State authorizing legislation by private sector entities that do not currently have a means of access. (5) An enhanced system for facilitating chemical and refining infrastructure access to CHRI for venue access should rely upon a user-fee-funded mechanism through which qualified chemical and refining infrastructure entities nationwide can obtain fingerprint-based positive identification and national criminal history background checks from the FBI. (6) Qualified chemical and refining infrastructure entities should be free to use either a national criminal history background check through the FBI or a court-sourced history record information through a check using name and other identifiers, fingerprints, or a combination of both. (7) Any national system for qualified chemical and refining infrastructure noncriminal justice background checks must adhere to high standards for