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Union Calendar No. 287

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1443

[Report No. 106–517]

To provide for the collection of data on traffic stops.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 15, 1999

Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. WATERS, Mr. SCOTT, Ms.

JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr.

CUMMINGS, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. DIXON, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr.

BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mrs. CLAYTON, and Mrs. JONES of Ohio) introduced

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

MARCH 13, 2000

Additional sponsors: Mr. RUSH, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. NORTON,

Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms.

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. JACKSON of

Illinois, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. PELOSI, Mrs.

MEEK of Florida, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. COYNE, Mr. KILPATRICK, Mr.

ALLEN, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr.

BLUMENAUER, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr.

LAMPSON, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr.

BONIOR, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. GEJDENSON, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. MALONEY

of New York, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. RANGEL, and Mr.

OWENS

MARCH 13, 2000

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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A BILL

To provide for the collection of data on traffic stops.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Traffic Stops Statistics

5 Study Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONDUCT STUDY.

7 (a) STUDY.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall

9 conduct a nationwide study of stops for traffic viola10 tions by law enforcement officers.

11 (2) INITIAL ANALYSIS.—The Attorney General

12 shall perform an initial analysis of existing data, in13 cluding complaints alleging and other information

14 concerning traffic stops motivated by race and other

15 bias.

16 (3) DATA COLLECTION.—After completion of the

17 initial analysis under paragraph (2), the Attorney

18 General shall then gather the following data on traffic

19 stops from a nationwide sample of jurisdictions, in20 cluding jurisdictions identified in the initial analysis:
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1 (A) The traffic infraction alleged to have

2 been committed that led to the stop.

3 (B) Identifying characteristics of the driver

4 stopped, including the race, gender, ethnicity,

5 and approximate age of the driver.

6 (C) Whether immigration status was ques7 tioned, immigration documents were requested,

8 or an inquiry was made to the Immigration and

9 Naturalization Service with regard to any per10 son in the vehicle.

11 (D) The number of individuals in the

12 stopped vehicle.

13 (E) Whether a search was instituted as a

14 result of the stop and whether consent was re15 quested for the search.

16 (F) Any alleged criminal behavior by the

17 driver that justified the search.

18 (G) Any items seized, including contraband

19 or money.

20 (H) Whether any warning or citation was

21 issued as a result of the stop.

22 (I) Whether an arrest was made as a result

23 of either the stop or the search and the justifica24 tion for the arrest.

25 (J) The duration of the stop.
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1 (b) REPORTING.—Not later than 120 days after the

2 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall

3 report the results of its initial analysis to Congress, and

4 make such report available to the public, and identify the

5 jurisdictions for which the study is to be conducted. Not

6 later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this

7 Act, the Attorney General shall report the results of the data

8 collected under this Act to Congress, a copy of which shall

9 also be published in the Federal Register.

10 SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM.

11 In order to complete the study described in section 2,

12 the Attorney General may provide grants to law enforce13 ment agencies to collect and submit the data described in

14 section 2 to the appropriate agency as designated by the

15 Attorney General.

16 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON USE OF DATA.

17 Information released pursuant to section 2 shall not

18 reveal the identity of any individual who is stopped or any

19 law enforcement officer involved in a traffic stop.

20 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

21 For purposes of this Act:

22 (1) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term

23 ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means an agency of a

24 State or political subdivision of a State, authorized

25 by law or by a Federal, State, or local government
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1 agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detec2 tion, or investigation of violations of criminal laws,

3 or a federally recognized Indian tribe.

4 (2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’

5 means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, na6 tion, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary

7 of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian

8 tribe.

9 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

10 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as

11 may be necessary to carry out this Act.

Union Calendar No. 287

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1443

[Report No. 106–517]

A BILL

To provide for the collection of data on traffic

stops.

MARCH 13, 2000

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,

and ordered to be printed