Racial Profiling Prevention Act
Latest action · Feb 27, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Racial Profiling Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary 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 the Secretary 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.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 17, 2013.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jun 17, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 26, 2013 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Feb 27, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Feb 26, 2013Introduced in House
- Feb 26, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E195-196)
- Feb 26, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E195 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC | Feb 26, 2013 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H660.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide grants to States in order to prevent racial profiling.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Racial Profiling Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Census and government statistics
- Freedom of information
- Government information and archives
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Roads and highways
- State and local government operations
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation programs funding
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2013Introduced in House
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