H.Res. 515 · 108th Congress
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the States should act to end racial profiling.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Chris Bell
- Introduced
- 2004-02-04
- Latest action
- 2004-03-01 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Summary
Urges Congress to enact legislation to ban racial profiling and to require Federal, State, and local law enforcement to take steps to prevent the practice. Calls for every State to require law enforcement agencies to collect relevant data (including ethnicity) regarding traffic stops, to have a written policy that strictly prohibits racial profiling, and to create a grievance policy for those who believe they have been subjected to racial profiling.