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National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2019 This bill establishes the National Criminal Justice Commission. The commission must conduct a comprehensive review of the criminal justice system; make recommendations for criminal justice reform; and disseminate findings and guidance to the federal government and to state, local, and tribal governments.

National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2020 This bill establishes the National Criminal Justice Commission. The commission must conduct a comprehensive review of the criminal justice system; make recommendations for criminal justice reform; and disseminate findings and guidance to the federal government and to state, local, and tribal governments.

Technology in Criminal Justice Act of 2019 This bill sets forth initiatives to improve the capacity of law enforcement to utilize digital evidence in conducting criminal justice activities. Among other things, the bill does the following: * establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) a new office—the Office of Digital Law Enforcement—to train, support, and prepare criminal justice personnel; * requires DOJ to designate a federal entity to be the Center of Excellence for Digital Forensics; * provides for a review of existing programs that provide training, education, and technical assistance to improve digital evidence capacity of criminal justice personnel; * establishes a new program—a Law Enforcement Technology Support to State and Local Law Enforcement program—to facilitate the use of existing grant funds to improve the digital evidence capacity of law enforcement personnel; and * establishes the Department of Justice Technology Policy Advisory Board to foster dialogue on policy issues.

This bill expands the scope of entities that are authorized to access criminal identification records (e.g., fingerprints) from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Current law authorizes the FBI to exchange criminal identification and other records with criminal justice agencies and other institutions. The termother institutionsincludes railroad police departments and campus police departments. This bill includes police departments of private resorts asother institutionsthat are authorized to access criminal identification records from the FBI.

This resolution recognizes and honors SEARCH (i.e., The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics) on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.