Besides broader background check requirements, the bill would also toughen laws against illicit firearms sales and provide a small increase in school security aid.

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Warnings to users (perhaps at certain times and locations), initial authentication, background check requirements, reporting and logging pickup location information and details as to which drivers saw which passenger signals, as well as logging all driver locations on an ongoing basis are some initial suggestions.

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The talks on these issues were still fluid Tuesday evening, but Mr. Cuomo had considered requiring mental-health screening and more rigorous background-check requirements for gun owners, people familiar with the matter said.

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Transparency, as mentioned above, will help, as will certain requirements like background checks of the entrepreneurs and investors.

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And while there is no question that procedural requirements like background checks are permissible, that does not mean that the government may place an undue burden on the right of law-abiding citizens to protect themselves.

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At a private briefing with federal officials last month, committee aides say they were told there would be no criminal background checks for navigators or requirements that they hold a high-school diploma.

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All chaplain candidates for the military and federal prison system must meet basic academic requirements, undergo a background check and then be endorsed by a group of that person's religion.

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Many of the new appointees must undergo FBI background checks and provide complete financial disclosures to clear government ethics requirements.

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