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The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release

Statement from the Press Secretary on the Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2009

On Monday, March 1, 2010, the President signed into law:

S. 2950, the “Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2009”, which extends through March 30, 2011, a pilot program for certain volunteer organizations that serve children to have fingerprint checks on applicants for positions as volunteers or employees processed through the fingerprint identification system of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.