[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 15, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4002]
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  SA 4705. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) The Department of Justice shall condition the 
     receipt of funds made available to State and local law 
     enforcement agencies on the agency adopting a policy 
     prohibiting the use of race, color, religion, national 
     origin, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity as a 
     factor in its law enforcement activities, except with respect 
     to suspect-specific information that includes a racial, 
     ethnic, religious or other protected category identifier.
       (b) The State and local law enforcement policies described 
     in subsection (a) shall be consistent with the memorandum 
     issued by the Department of Justice on December 2014 entitled 
     ``Guidance for Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Regarding the 
     Use of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, National Origin, Religion, 
     Sexual Orientation, or Gender Identity''.
       (c) The Department of Justice shall have the authority to 
     engage in compliance reviews of State and local law 
     enforcement agencies in terms of implementation of the 
     guidance described in subsection (b).
       (d) The Department of Justice shall submit to Congress a 
     report on its efforts to systematically train State and local 
     law enforcement agencies to comply with the guidance 
     described in subsection (b), including providing model 
     policies and model training manuals.
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