H.Res. 651 · 112th Congress

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the illicit ethnic and religious profiling and surveillance of Muslim American communities by the New York Police Department.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Rush Holt
Introduced
2012-05-10
Latest action
2012-05-18 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Summary

Condemns unjustified surveillance and unlawful profiling of Muslim American communities by the New York Police Department (NYPD).

Demands that the NYPD cease and desist any such warrantless surveillance activities within the United States and purge its intelligence databases.

Urges the Department of Justice (DOJ) to immediately investigate whether the NYPD's action violated the Constitution or any federal law, and whether any federal agency facilitated any profiling or surveillance conducted by the NYPD against members of the Muslim American community in violation of the Constitution or any federal law.