Racial Profiling Prevention Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (May 15, 2015)
Racial Profiling Prevention Act
Directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to make a grant to a state that: (1) has enacted and is enforcing a law that prohibits a state or local law enforcement officer from using the race or ethnicity (racial profiling) of the driver or passengers in making routine or spontaneous law enforcement decisions, such as ordinary traffic stops on federal-aid highways; and (2) allows and maintains public inspection statistical information for each motor vehicle stop made by a law enforcement officer on a federal-aid highway regarding the race and ethnicity of the driver and any passengers. Requires grant-receiving states to provide assurances to DOT that they are undertaking activities to comply with such requirements.
Requires a state to use such grants for the costs of: (1) collecting, maintaining, and evaluating the results of data on traffic stops; and (2) activities to comply with the requirements of this Act.
Declares that nothing in this Act shall alter the manner in which a state or local law enforcement officer considers race or ethnicity whenever there is trustworthy information that links persons of a particular race or ethnicity to an identified criminal incident, scheme, or organization.
What just happenedMay 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMay 15, 2015
- May 18, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Highways and Transit Subcommittee - May 15, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - May 15, 2015IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E723)
- May 15, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- May 15, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House