I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3560 
To mandate the basic educational, regulatory, and management actions 
necessary for the prevention of racial profiling practices by law enforcement. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2013 
Mr. HORSFORD (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, and Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland 
Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To mandate the basic educational, regulatory, and manage-
ment actions necessary for the prevention of racial 
profiling practices by law enforcement. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Universal Racial Profiling Elimination Standards, and 
Procedures for Effective Constitutional Rights Training 
Act’’ or the ‘‘Universal RESPECT Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—PROHIBITION OF RACIAL PROFILING AND REVIEW OF 
FEDERAL PRACTICES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 101. Prohibition. 
Sec. 102. Review of Federal practices in law enforcement. 
TITLE II—LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION REFORMS 
Sec. 201. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. 
Sec. 202. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board. 
Sec. 203. State law enforcement officer standards and training authorities. 
TITLE III—PROHIBITION ON RACIAL PROFILING 
Sec. 301. Recipients of Department of Homeland Security grants for law en-
forcement. 
TITLE IV—LAW ENFORCEMENT RACIAL PROFILING REVIEW, 
OVERSIGHT, AND REVIEW 
Sec. 401. Officer for civil rights and civil liberties. 
Sec. 402. Enforcement—civil rights compliance. 
TITLE V— DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING 
Sec. 501. Data collection. 
Sec. 502. Reporting to Congress. 
TITLE VI—CONSTRUCTION, SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE 
DATE 
Sec. 601. Construction; severability. 
Sec. 602. Effective date. 
TITLE VII—DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 701. Definitions. 
TITLE I—PROHIBITION OF RA-
CIAL PROFILING AND REVIEW 
OF FEDERAL PRACTICES IN 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 101. PROHIBITION. 
No Federal law enforcement agent shall engage in ra-
cial profiling. 
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SEC. 102. REVIEW OF FEDERAL PRACTICES IN LAW EN-
FORCEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act— 
(1) the Attorney General shall review all appli-
cable law enforcement policies and procedures to en-
sure that they are sufficient to eliminate the practice 
of racial profiling as defined in this Act, while per-
forming official law enforcement duties; and 
(2) the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
ensure that no recipient of covered Federal law en-
forcement assistance, as defined in title VII of this 
Act, engages in racial profiling. 
(b) THE ADVISORY BOARD.—The Attorney General 
shall conduct the review in consultation with an Advisory 
Board comprised of stakeholders including representatives 
from Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, 
POST Commissions, law enforcement labor organizations, 
and professional, research, and civil rights and civil liberty 
organizations. 
(c) UPDATES PUBLISHED.—The Attorney General or 
Secretary of Homeland Security may publish in the Fed-
eral Register updates to covered programs in accordance 
with this Act. 
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