[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 201 (Friday, December 23, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H10074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


     PROMOTING AWARENESS OF MOTORCYCLIST PROFILING AND ENCOURAGING 
 COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE MOTORCYCLE COMMUNITY AND LAW 
        ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO PREVENT INSTANCES OF PROFILING

  Pursuant to House Resolution 1531, H. Res. 366 is considered as 
adopted.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 366

       Whereas motorcycle ridership has continued to increase over 
     time with registrations growing from 3,826,373 in 1997 to 
     13,158,100 in 2018;
       Whereas, as of December 31, 2020, the ongoing National 
     Motorcycle Profiling Survey (2015-2020), conducted by the 
     Motorcycle Profiling Project, found that approximately \1/2\ 
     of the motorcyclists surveyed felt they had been profiled by 
     law enforcement at least once, and approximately 90 percent 
     of survey participants urge their State and Federal elected 
     officials to legislatively address the issue of motorcyclist 
     profiling;
       Whereas motorcyclist profiling means the illegal use of the 
     fact that a person rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle-
     related apparel as a factor in deciding to stop and question, 
     take enforcement action, arrest, or search a person or 
     vehicle with or without legal basis under the Constitution of 
     the United States;
       Whereas complaints surrounding motorcyclist profiling have 
     been cited in all 50 States;
       Whereas nationwide demonstrations to raise awareness and 
     combat motorcyclist profiling have been held in multiple 
     States;
       Whereas, in 2011, the State of Washington signed into law 
     legislation stating that the criminal justice training 
     commission shall ensure that issues related to motorcyclist 
     profiling are addressed in basic law enforcement training and 
     offered to in-service law enforcement officers in conjunction 
     with existing training regarding profiling;
       Whereas reported incidents of motorcyclist profiling have 
     dropped approximately 90 percent in the State of Washington 
     since the 2011 legislation was signed into law; and
       Whereas, as of 2020, Maryland, Louisiana, and Idaho passed 
     laws addressing the issue of motorcyclist profiling: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
       (1) promotes increased public awareness on the issue of 
     motorcyclist profiling;
       (2) encourages collaboration and communication with the 
     motorcyclist community and law enforcement to engage in 
     efforts to end motorcyclist profiling; and
       (3) urges State law enforcement officials to include 
     statements condemning motorcyclist profiling in written 
     policies and training materials.

     

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