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NATIONAL RECORD INTELLIGENCE CLEARANCE ACT Section 1. Purpose To create a single federal agency and process for reviewing and expunging eligible criminal records, replacement of the current patchwork of city, county, and state systems with one uniform national standard. Expedient process. Section 2. Establishment (a) There is established the National Record Intelligence Clearance Agency as an independent agency within the executive branch. (b) The Agency shall be headed by a Director appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a 5-year term. Section 3. Powers and Duties The Agency shall: Connect securely to all state, county, and city criminal record databases through a National Central Intelligence Database; Apply one uniform federal eligibility standard for expungement nationwide; Receive, review, and adjudicate petitions for expungement; Order expungement and expel records from all connected systems; Notify all connected federal, state, county, and city databases to update and purge records within 30 days of approval; Maintain strict privacy, security, and audit standards for all data accessed. Section 4. Eligibility (a) A person is eligible if the offense meets federal criteria, including but not limited to: - Non-violent offenses; - Cases where charges were dropped, dismissed, or not prosecuted; - Convictions overturned on appeal; - Juvenile offenses. (b) Violent felonies and sex offenses are excluded unless specifically authorized by Congress. Section 5. Implementation and Compliance (a) All states, counties, and cities shall provide secure access to records and shall comply with expungement orders issued by the Agency within 30 days. (b) The Agency shall begin operations within 30 days of enactment of this Act. (c) Funding shall be authorized as necessary to carry out this Act.