The bill would add the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security to the federal law's list of permitted recipients of information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for screening and vetting.AI-written
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The SCREEN Act would let the missing-children center share information with State and Homeland Security for screening and vetting.
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WHAT THE BILL DOES
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The bill would make two federal departments eligible to receive disclosures from the center for screening and vetting. The excerpt does not describe which information would be shared, how it would be used, or what safeguards would apply.
KEY PROVISIONS
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PROVISION 01
Adds the Department of State to the list of permitted recipients of disclosures from the center.
The department could receive information from the center for screening and vetting.
PROVISION 02
Adds the Department of Homeland Security to the list of permitted recipients for the same purpose.
The bill would also allow this department to receive information from the center for screening and vetting.
PROVISION 03
Renumbers two existing subparagraphs in the law to make room for the new disclosure provision.
This is the technical change that inserts the new recipients into the existing list.
IN COMMITTEE· 119TH CONGRESS · JUDICIARY COMMITTEE · INTRODUCED SEP 24, 2026
House BillHR 10554
SCREEN Act of 2026
The bill would add the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security to the federal law's list of permitted recipients of information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for screening and vetting.AI-written
The bill would make two federal departments eligible to receive disclosures from the center for screening and vetting. The excerpt does not describe which information would be shared, how it would be used, or what safeguards would apply.
KEY PROVISIONS
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Adds the Department of State to the list of permitted recipients of disclosures from the center.
The department could receive information from the center for screening and vetting.
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Adds the Department of Homeland Security to the list of permitted recipients for the same purpose.
The bill would also allow this department to receive information from the center for screening and vetting.
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Renumbers two existing subparagraphs in the law to make room for the new disclosure provision.
This is the technical change that inserts the new recipients into the existing list.
GLOSSARY
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Permitted disclosure
A type of information sharing that the law allows.
Screening and vetting
Reviewing information to assess or check a person or situation; the bill does not define the process further.