HR 1933 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

End Racial Profiling Act of 2015

Introduced Apr 22, 2015 Originated House Sponsor John Conyers, Jr. D-MI

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Latest action · May 15, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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.

  1. IntroducedApr 22, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

End Racial Profiling Act of 2015

Prohibits any law enforcement agent or agency from engaging in racial profiling. Grants the United States or an individual injured by racial profiling the right to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief.

Requires federal law enforcement agencies to maintain adequate policies and procedures to eliminate racial profiling and to cease existing practices that permit racial profiling.

Requires state or local governmental entities or state, local, or tribal law enforcement agencies that apply for grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program and the Cops on the Beat Program to certify that they maintain adequate policies and procedures for eliminating racial profiling and have eliminated any existing practices that permit or encourage racial profiling.

Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants and contracts for the collection of data relating to racial profiling and for the development of best practices and systems to eliminate racial profiling. Requires the Attorney General to issue regulations for the collection and compilation of data on racial profiling and for the implementation of this Act.

Cosponsors 103

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 22, 2015 to Nov 14, 2016; 81 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-TXAl GreenOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-TXBeto O'RourkeOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-GADavid ScottOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-WADenny HeckOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalApr 22, 2015
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalApr 22, 2015
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-CAKaren BassOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-WIMark PocanOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-PRPedro R. PierluisiOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-CASam FarrOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalApr 22, 2015
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalApr 22, 2015
D-FLAlan GraysonApr 28, 2015
D-NMBen Ray LujánApr 28, 2015
D-CAJared HuffmanApr 28, 2015
D-FLLois FrankelApr 28, 2015
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloApr 28, 2015
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezApr 28, 2015
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalMay 15, 2015
D-CAMark DeSaulnierMay 15, 2015
D-PARobert A. BradyMay 15, 2015
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkJun 2, 2015
D-CAMark TakanoJun 2, 2015
D-NJAlbio SiresJun 9, 2015
D-CAAnna G. EshooJun 9, 2015
D-VTPeter WelchJul 7, 2015
D-OHTim RyanJul 7, 2015
D-WARick LarsenJul 15, 2015
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOct 21, 2015
D-ILTammy DuckworthNov 30, 2015
D-FLPatrick MurphyMar 22, 2016
D-PAMichael F. DoyleApr 12, 2016
D-NYGrace MengApr 14, 2016
D-NCDavid E. PriceNov 14, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Apr 22, 2015
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred May 15, 2015

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 15, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
  2. Apr 22, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Apr 22, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E557)
  4. Apr 22, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 5

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H5323John Conyers, Jr. D-MISep 12, 2016
HouseDebate and remarks H428John Conyers, Jr. D-MIFeb 1, 2016
HouseDebate and remarks H7383John Conyers, Jr. D-MINov 2, 2015
HouseDebate and remarks H2666Barbara Lee D-CAApr 30, 2015
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E557John Conyers, Jr. D-MIApr 22, 2015

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Congress shall have the power to enact appropriate laws protecting the civil rights of all Americans.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 59, April 22, 2015, page H2418.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 114-29POLICING STRATEGIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY137 pagesJudiciary CommitteeMay 19, 2015

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1056End Racial Profiling Act of 2015Related billApr 22, 2015
HR 1498End Racial Profiling Act of 2017Reintroduced BillMar 8, 2018
S 1610BALTIMORE ActRelated billJun 18, 2015

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To eliminate racial profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
End Racial Profiling Act of 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 22, 2015Introduced in House

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