HR 1498 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

End Racial Profiling Act of 2017

Introduced Mar 10, 2017 Originated House Sponsor John Conyers, Jr. D-MI

Latest action · Mar 8, 2018 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Jackson Lee asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1498, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

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Summary

End Racial Profiling Act of 2017

This bill prohibits racial profiling by a federal, state, local, or tribal law enforcement agency or agent. The term "racial profiling" includes the practice of relying on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identify, or sexual orientation in making a routine or spontaneous law enforcement decision.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), or an individual injured by racial profiling, may bring a civil action to enforce the prohibition.

The bill requires federal law enforcement agencies to maintain policies and procedures to eliminate racial profiling, including training on racial profiling issues, the collection of data, and procedures for handling complaints.

Additionally, a state or unit of local government that receives grant funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program or Community Oriented Policing Services program must maintain policies and procedures to eliminate racial profiling, including training on racial profiling issues, the collection of data, and participation in an administrative complaint procedure or independent audit program. DOJ must withhold or reduce grant funds from a state or unit of local government that fails to comply.

The bill authorizes grants to develop and implement: (1) programs to collect data on the percentage of stops and searches in which a law enforcement officer finds drugs, a gun, or something else that leads to an arrest; and (2) best practice devices and systems to eliminate racial profiling.

DOJ must report annually on racial profiling by law enforcement agencies.

Cosponsors 81

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2017 to Oct 26, 2018; 57 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-PA	Dwight Evans	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-CA	Karen Bass	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Mar 10, 2017
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Mar 30, 2017
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Mar 30, 2017
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Apr 4, 2017
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Apr 4, 2017
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		May 2, 2017
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		May 2, 2017
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		May 2, 2017
D-GA	David Scott		May 3, 2017
D-CA	Ro Khanna		May 3, 2017
D-CA	Judy Chu		May 16, 2017
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		May 16, 2017
D-WA	Denny Heck		May 17, 2017
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jun 14, 2017
D-FL	Darren Soto		Jun 14, 2017
D-NC	David E. Price		Jun 14, 2017
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham		Jun 14, 2017
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Sep 13, 2017
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Oct 2, 2017
D-VT	Peter Welch		Oct 2, 2017
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Nov 7, 2017
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Nov 7, 2017
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Nov 16, 2017
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Aug 28, 2018
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Oct 26, 2018

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Mar 10, 2017
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Mar 10, 2017
	Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee	Referred Mar 10, 2017

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 8, 2018ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Jackson Lee asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1498, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Mar 10, 2017Introduced in House
Mar 10, 2017Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E316)
Mar 10, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 10, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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In the Congressional Record 2

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
House	Debate and remarks H1496	Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX	Mar 8, 2018
Extensions	Debate and remarks E316	John Conyers, Jr. D-MI	Mar 10, 2017

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. 163, no. 42, March 10, 2017, page H2053.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 411	ERRPA	Related bill	Feb 16, 2017
HR 1933	End Racial Profiling Act of 2015	Reintroduction of	May 15, 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 2017

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 10, 2017Introduced in House

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