[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 118 Introduced in House (IH)]







                                    


105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 118

        To provide for the collection of data on traffic stops.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mr. Conyers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
        To provide for the collection of data on traffic stops.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Traffic Stops Statistics Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO COLLECT.

    The Attorney General shall, through appropriate means, acquire data 
about all stops for routine traffic violations by law enforcement 
officers. Included in this data shall be information pertaining to--
            (1) the number of individuals stopped for routine traffic 
        violations;
            (2) identifying characteristics of the individual stopped, 
        including the race and or ethnicity as well as the approximate 
        age of that individual;
            (3) the traffic infraction alleged to have been committed 
        that led to the stop;
            (4) whether a search was instituted as a result of the 
        stop;
            (5) how the search was instituted;
            (6) the rationale for the search;
            (7) whether any contraband was discovered in the course of 
        the search;
            (8) the nature of such contraband;
            (9) whether any warning or citation was issued as a result 
        of the stop; and
            (10) whether an arrest was made as a result of either the 
        stop or the search.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON USE OF DATA.

    Data acquired under this section shall be used only for research or 
statistical purposes and may not contain any information that may 
reveal the identity of any individual who is stopped or any law 
enforcement officer.

SEC. 4. ANNUAL SUMMARY.

    The Attorney General shall publish an annual summary of the data 
acquired under this Act.
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