(3) independent procedures for receiving, inves-
tigating, and responding meaningfully to complaints 
alleging racial profiling by law enforcement agents of 
the agency; 
(4) procedures to discipline law enforcement 
agents who engage in racial profiling; and 
(5) such other policies or procedures that the 
Attorney General deems necessary to eliminate racial 
profiling. 
TITLE III—PROGRAMS TO ELIMI-
NATE RACIAL PROFILING BY 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT AGENCIES 
SEC. 301. POLICIES REQUIRED FOR GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An application by a State or gov-
ernmental unit for funding under a covered program shall 
include a certification that such unit and any agency to 
which it is redistributing program funds— 
(1) maintains adequate policies and procedures 
designed to eliminate racial profiling; and 
(2) has ceased any existing practices that en-
courage racial profiling. 
(b) POLICIES.—The policies and procedures de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) a prohibition on racial profiling;
(2) the collection of data on routine investiga-
tory activities sufficient to determine if law enforce-
ment agents are engaged in racial profiling, and sub-
mission of that data to the Attorney General; 
(3) independent procedures for receiving, inves-
tigating, and responding meaningfully to complaints 
alleging racial profiling by law enforcement agents; 
(4) procedures to discipline law enforcement 
agents who engage in racial profiling; and 
(5) such other policies or procedures that the 
Attorney General deems necessary to eliminate racial 
profiling. 
(c) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the Attorney General de-
termines that a grantee is not in compliance with condi-
tions established under this title, the Attorney General 
shall withhold the grant, in whole or in part, until the 
grantee establishes compliance. The Attorney General 
shall provide notice regarding State grants and opportuni-
ties for private parties to present evidence to the Attorney 
General that a grantee is not in compliance with condi-
tions established under this title. 
SEC. 302. BEST PRACTICES DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. 
(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General 
may make grants to States, law enforcement agencies and 
other governmental units, Indian tribal governments, or
other public and private entities, to develop and implement 
best practice devices and systems to ensure the racially 
neutral administration of justice. 
(b) USES.—The funds provided pursuant to sub-
section (a) may be used to support— 
(1) development and implementation of training 
to prevent racial profiling and to encourage more re-
spectful interaction with the public; 
(2) acquisition and use of technology to facili-
tate the collection of data regarding routine inves-
tigatory activities in order to determine if law en-
forcement agents are engaged in racial profiling; 
(3) acquisition and use of technology to verify 
the accuracy of data collection, including in-car video 
cameras and portable computer systems; 
(4) development and acquisition of early warn-
ing systems and other feedback systems that help 
identify officers or units of officers engaged in or at 
risk of racial profiling or other misconduct, including 
the technology to support such systems; 
(5) establishment or improvement of systems 
and procedures for receiving, investigating, and re-
sponding meaningfully to complaints alleging racial, 
ethnic, or religious bias by law enforcement agents; 
and
(6) establishment or improvement of manage-
ment systems to ensure that supervisors are held ac-
countable for the conduct of their subordinates. 
(c) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall ensure that grants under this section are award-
ed in a manner that reserves an equitable share of funding 
for small and rural law enforcement agencies. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The At-
torney General shall make available such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section from amounts appro-
priated for programs administered by the Attorney Gen-
eral. 
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF JUS-
TICE REPORTS ON RACIAL 
PROFILING IN THE UNITED 
STATES 
SEC. 401. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ISSUE REPORTS ON RA-
CIAL PROFILING IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, 
the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a re-
port on racial profiling by Federal, State, and local 
law enforcement agencies in the United States.
(2) SCOPE.—The reports issued pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a summary of data collected pursuant 
to sections 201(b)(2) and 301(b)(2) and any 
other reliable source of information regarding 
racial profiling in the United States; 
(B) the status of the adoption and imple-
mentation of policies and procedures by Federal 
law enforcement agencies pursuant to section 
201; 
(C) the status of the adoption and imple-
mentation of policies and procedures by State 
and local law enforcement agencies pursuant to 
sections 301 and 302; and 
(D) a description of any other policies and 
procedures that the Attorney General believes 
would facilitate the elimination of racial 
profiling. 
(b) DATA COLLECTION.—Not later than 6 months 
after the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
by regulation establish standards for the collection of data 
under sections 201(b)(2) and 301(b)(2), including stand-
ards for setting benchmarks against which collected data 
shall be measured. Such standards shall result in the col-
lection of data, including data with respect to stops,
searches, seizures, and arrests, that is sufficiently detailed 
to determine whether law enforcement agencies are en-
gaged in racial profiling and to monitor the effectiveness 
of policies and procedures designed to eliminate racial 
profiling. 
(c) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Data collected under sections 
201(b)(2) and 301(b)(2) shall be available to the public. 
SEC. 402. LIMITATION ON USE OF DATA. 
Information released pursuant to section 401 shall 
not reveal the identity of any individual who is detained 
or any law enforcement officer involved in a detention. 
TITLE V—DEFINITIONS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COVERED
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘covered 
program’’ means any program or activity funded in 
whole or in part with funds made available under— 
(A) the Edward Byrne Memorial State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs 
(part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 
et seq.)); 
(B) the ‘‘Cops on the Beat’’ program 
under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.), but not including any 
program, project, or other activity specified in 
section 1701(d)(8) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 
3796dd(d)(8)); and 
(C) the Local Law Enforcement Block 
Grant program of the Department of Justice, 
as described in appropriations Acts. 
(2) GOVERNMENTAL UNIT.—The term ‘‘govern-
mental unit’’ means any department, agency, special 
purpose district, or other instrumentality of Federal, 
State, local, or Indian tribal government. 
(3) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a Federal, State, 
local, or Indian tribal public agency engaged in the 
prevention, detection, or investigation of violations of 
criminal, immigration, or customs laws. 
(4) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENT.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement agent’’ means any Federal, State, 
local, or Indian tribal official responsible for enforc-
ing criminal, immigration, or customs laws, includ-
ing police officers and other agents of Federal, 
State, and local law enforcement agencies. 
(5) RACIAL
PROFILING.—The term ‘‘racial 
profiling’’ means the practice of a law enforcement
agent relying, to any degree, on race, ethnicity, reli-
gion, or national origin in selecting which individuals 
to subject to routine or spontaneous investigatory 
activities, or in deciding upon the scope and sub-
stance of law enforcement activity following the ini-
tial investigatory procedure, except when there is 
trustworthy information, relevant to the locality and 
timeframe, that links persons of a particular race, 
ethnicity, religion, or national origin to an identified 
criminal incident or scheme. 
(6) ROUTINE OR SPONTANEOUS INVESTIGATORY 
ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘routine or spontaneous in-
vestigatory activities’’ means the following activities 
by law enforcement agents: interviews; traffic stops; 
pedestrian stops; frisks and other types of body 
searches; consensual or nonconsensual searches of 
the persons or possessions (including vehicles) of 
motorists or pedestrians; inspections and interviews 
of entrants into the United States that are more ex-
tensive than those customarily carried out; immigra-
tion related workplace investigations; and such other 
types of law enforcement encounters compiled by the 
FBI and the Justice Department’s Bureau of Jus-
tice Statistics.
SEC. 502. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or the application of such 
provision to any person or circumstance is held to be un-
constitutional, the remainder of this Act and the applica-
tion of the provisions of such to any person or cir-
cumstance shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 503. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit legal 
or administrative remedies under section 1979 of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States (42 U.S.C. 1983), sec-
tion 210401 of the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14141), the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3701 et seq.), and title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.). 
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