3.0.0 2481 2023-01-11T13:15:25Z 2023-01-11T13:15:25Z Senate S S 2007-12-13 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-12-13T23:27:58Z End Racial Profiling Act of 2007 110 4611 HR 2008-01-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2007-12-13 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15471-15474) IntroReferral 2007-12-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15469-15471) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-12-13 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-12-13 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-12-13 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-12-13 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-12-13 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-12-13 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-12-13 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-12-13 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-12-13 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-12-13 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-12-13 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-12-13 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2007-12-13 True Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Civil rights enforcement Community policing Congress Congressional reporting requirements Criminal investigation Criminal justice information Criminal statistics Department of Justice Discrimination in criminal justice administration Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to law enforcement Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Injunctions Law Legal fees Minorities Police training Racial discrimination Searches and seizures Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-12-13 Introduced in Senate 2008-01-11T16:49:21Z End Racial Profiling Act of 2007 or ERPA - Prohibits law enforcement agents or agencies from engaging in racial profiling. Defines "racial profiling" as the practice of a law enforcement agent or agency relying, to any degree, on race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion in selecting which individual to subject to routine or spontaneous investigatory activities or in deciding upon the scope and substance of law enforcement activity following the initial investigatory procedure. Allows the United States, or individuals injured by racial profiling, to bring civil actions for declaratory or injunctive relief.

Requires federal law enforcement agencies to: (1) maintain adequate policies and procedures for eliminating racial profiling; and (2) cease existing practices that permit racial profiling.

Requires states, local governments, and Indian tribes applying for federal law enforcement assistance grants to certify that they: (1) maintain adequate policies and procedures for eliminating racial profiling; (2) have eliminated any existing practices of racial profiling; and (3) have established an administrative complaint procedure and independent auditor program for addressing complaints of racial profiling.

Requires the Attorney General to: (1) carry out a two-year demonstration project to collect data on hit rates for stops and searches by law enforcement agents; (2) make grants to develop and implement best practice devices and systems to eliminate racial profiling; and (3) issue regulations for data collection and make reports on racial profiling.

]]> ERPA Display Title ERPA Short Titles as Introduced ERPA Short Titles as Introduced End Racial Profiling Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit racial profiling. Introduced in Senate 2007-12-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2481is/xml/BILLS-110s2481is.xml 2007-12-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15471-15474) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.