I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4339 
To eliminate racial profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. BEATTY, 
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. 
CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 
Mr. EVANS, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. HASTINGS, 
Mr. HECK, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LAWSON of Flor-
ida, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 
MEEKS, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, 
Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Ala-
bama, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 
and Mr. WELCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To eliminate racial profiling by law enforcement, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘End Racial Profiling Act of 2019’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—PROHIBITION OF RACIAL PROFILING 
Sec. 101. Prohibition. 
Sec. 102. Enforcement. 
TITLE II—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 
Sec. 201. Policies to eliminate racial profiling. 
TITLE III—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY 
STATE, LOCAL, AND INDIAN TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCIES 
Sec. 301. Policies required for grants. 
Sec. 302. Involvement of Attorney General. 
Sec. 303. Data collection demonstration project. 
Sec. 304. Best practices development grants. 
Sec. 305. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE IV—DATA COLLECTION 
Sec. 401. Attorney General to issue regulations. 
Sec. 402. Publication of data. 
Sec. 403. Limitations on publication of data. 
TITLE V—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REGULATIONS AND 
REPORTS ON RACIAL PROFILING IN THE UNITED STATES 
Sec. 501. Attorney General to issue regulations and reports. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 601. Severability. 
Sec. 602. Savings clause. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(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 Justice 
Assistance Grant Program under part E of title 
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.); 
and 
(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.), except that no pro-
gram, project, or other activity specified in sec-
tion 1701(b)(13) of such part shall be a covered 
program under this paragraph. 
(2) GOVERNMENTAL BODY.—The term ‘‘govern-
mental body’’ means any department, agency, special 
purpose district, or other instrumentality of Federal, 
State, local, or Indian tribal government. 
(3) HIT RATE.—The term ‘‘hit rate’’ means the 
percentage of stops and searches in which a law en-
forcement officer finds drugs, a gun, or other con-
traband that leads to an arrest. The hit rate is cal-
culated by dividing the total number of searches by 
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