The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (PL 109-248) is a federal act which was signed into law on July 27, 2006. Section 151 and 153 of the act require the U.S. Attorney General to ensure access to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) national criminal history record information by (1) governmental social service agencies with child protection responsibilities, (2) child welfare agencies, and (3) public and private elementary and secondary schools and state and local educational agencies. Section 153 of the act is entitled the Schools Safely Acquiring Faculty Excellence Act of 2006. Section 153(b) provides that the Attorney General shall, upon request of a state’s chief executive officer, conduct fingerprint-based checks of national crime
information databases (as defined in 28 U.S.C. Section 534) pursuant to requests submitted by child welfare agencies or by private schools or public elementary or secondary schools or local or state educational agencies for volunteer and employment screening.