Text of US HB 5727 (2025)

I 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5727 To eliminate racial, religious, and other discriminatory profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 10, 2025 Mr. COHEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To eliminate racial, religious, and other discriminatory profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 ‘‘End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2025’’ or 5 ‘‘ERRPA’’. 6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 7 this Act is as follows: 8 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I—PROHIBITION OF RACIAL PROFILING VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 5727 IH Sec. 101. Prohibition. Sec. 102. Enforcement. TITLE II—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES Sec. 201. Policies to eliminate racial profiling. TITLE III—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES Sec. 301. Policies required for grants. Sec. 302. Involvement of Attorney General. Sec. 303. Data collection demonstration project. Sec. 304. Best practices development grants. Sec. 305. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE IV—DATA COLLECTION Sec. 401. Attorney General to issue regulations. Sec. 402. Publication of data. Sec. 403. Limitations on publication of data. TITLE V—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REGULATIONS AND REPORTS ON RACIAL PROFILING IN THE UNITED STATES Sec. 501. Attorney General to issue regulations and reports. TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 601. Severability. Sec. 602. Savings clause. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1 In this Act: 2 (1) COVERED PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘covered 3 program’’ means any program or activity funded in 4 whole or in part with funds made available under— 5 (A) the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 6 Assistance Grant Program under subpart I of 7 part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 8 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 9 et seq.); and 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 5727 IH (B) the ‘‘Cops on the Beat’’ program 1 under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime 2 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 3 U.S.C. 10381 et seq.), except that no program, 4 project, or other activity specified in section 5 1701(b)(13) of such part shall be a covered 6 program under this paragraph. 7 (2) GOVERNMENTAL BODY.—The term ‘‘govern- 8 mental body’’ means any department, agency, special 9 purpose district, or other instrumentality of Federal, 10 State, local, or Tribal government. 11 (3) HIT RATE.—The term ‘‘hit rate’’ means the 12 percentage of stops and searches in which a law en- 13 forcement officer finds drugs, a gun, or something 14 else that leads to an arrest. The hit rate is cal- 15 culated by dividing the total number of searches by 16 the number of searches that yield contraband. The 17 hit rate is complementary to the rate of false stops. 18 (4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 19 has the meaning given the ‘‘Indian tribe’’ term in 20 section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian 21 Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5130). 22 (5) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 23 ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means any Federal, 24 State, local, or Tribal public agency engaged in the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 5727 IH prevention, detection, or investigation of violations of 1 criminal, immigration, or customs laws. 2 (6) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT.—The term 3 ‘‘law enforcement agent’’ means any Federal, State, 4 local, or Tribal official responsible for enforcing 5 criminal, immigration, or customs laws, including 6 police officers and other agents of a law enforcement 7 agency. 8 (7) RACIAL PROFILING.—The term ‘‘racial 9 profiling’’ means the practice of a law enforcement 10 agent or agency relying, to any degree, on actual or 11 perceived race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, 12 gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation in se- 13 lecting which individual to subject to routine or 14 spontaneous investigatory activities or in deciding 15 upon the scope and substance of law enforcement ac- 16 tivity following the initial investigatory procedure, 17 except when there is trustworthy information, rel- 18 evant to the locality and timeframe, that links a per- 19 son with a particular characteristic described in this 20 paragraph to an identified criminal incident or 21 scheme. 22 (8) ROUTINE OR SPONTANEOUS INVESTIGATORY 23 ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘routine or spontaneous in- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 5 •HR 5727 IH vestigatory activities’’ means the following activities 1 by a law enforcement agent: 2 (A) Interviews. 3 (B) Traffic stops. 4 (C) Pedestrian stops. 5 (D) Frisks and other types of body 6 searches. 7 (E) Consensual or nonconsensual searches 8 of the persons, property, or possessions (includ- 9 ing vehicles) of individuals using any form of 10 public or private transportation, including mo- 11 torists and pedestrians. 12 (F) Data collection and analysis, assess- 13 ments, and predicated investigations. 14 (G) Inspections and interviews of entrants 15 into the United States that are more extensive 16 than those customarily carried out. 17 (H) Immigration-related workplace inves- 18 tigations. 19 (I) Such other types of law enforcement 20 encounters compiled for or by the Federal Bu- 21 reau of Investigation or the Bureau of Justice 22 Statistics. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 6 •HR 5727 IH (9) REASONABLE REQUEST.—The term ‘‘rea- 1 sonable request’’ means all requests for information, 2 except for those that— 3 (A) are immaterial to the investigation; 4 (B) would result in the unnecessary disclo- 5 sure of personal information; or 6 (C) would place a severe burden on the re- 7 sources of the law enforcement agency given its 8 size. 9 (10) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 10 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com- 11 monwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory 12 or possession of the United States. 13 (11) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 14 ‘‘unit of local government’’ means— 15 (A) any city, county, township, town, bor- 16 ough, parish, village, or other general purpose 17 political subdivision of a State; 18 (B) any law enforcement district or judicial 19 enforcement district that— 20 (i) is established under applicable 21 State law; and 22 (ii) has the authority to, in a manner 23 independent of other State entities, estab- 24 lish a budget and impose taxes; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 7 •HR 5727 IH (C) any Indian Tribe that performs law 1 enforcement functions, as determined by the 2 Secretary of the Interior. 3 TITLE I—PROHIBITION OF 4 RACIAL PROFILING 5 SEC. 101. PROHIBITION. 6 No law enforcement agent or law enforcement agency 7 shall engage in racial profiling. 8 SEC. 102. ENFORCEMENT. 9 (a) REMEDY.—The United States, or an individual 10 injured by racial profiling, may enforce this title in a civil 11 action for declaratory or injunctive relief, filed either in 12 a State court of general jurisdiction or in a district court 13 of the United States. 14 (b) PARTIES.—In any action brought under this title, 15 relief may be obtained against— 16 (1) any governmental body that employed any 17 law enforcement agent who engaged in racial 18 profiling; 19 (2) any agent of such body who engaged in ra- 20 cial profiling; and 21 (3) any person with supervisory authority over 22 such agent. 23 (c) NATURE OF PROOF.—Proof that the routine or 24 spontaneous investigatory activities of law enforcement 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 8 •HR 5727 IH agents in a jurisdiction have had a disparate impact on 1 individuals with a particular characteristic described in 2 section 2(7) shall constitute prima facie evidence of a vio- 3 lation of this title. 4 (d) ATTORNEY’S FEES.—In any action or proceeding 5 to enforce this title against any governmental body, the 6 court may allow a prevailing plaintiff, other than the 7 United States, reasonable attorney’s fees as part of the 8 costs, and may include expert fees as part of the attorney’s 9 fee. 10 TITLE II—PROGRAMS TO ELIMI- 11 NATE RACIAL PROFILING BY 12 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE- 13 MENT AGENCIES 14 SEC. 201. POLICIES TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING. 15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Federal law enforcement agencies 16 shall— 17 (1) maintain adequate policies and procedures 18 designed to eliminate racial profiling; and 19 (2) cease existing practices that permit racial 20 profiling. 21 (b) POLICIES.—The policies and procedures de- 22 scribed in subsection (a)(1) shall include— 23 (1) a prohibition on racial profiling; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 9 •HR 5727 IH (2) training on racial profiling issues as part of 1 Federal law enforcement training; 2 (3) the collection of data in accordance with the 3 regulations issued by the Attorney General under 4 section 401; 5 (4) procedures for receiving, investigating, and 6 responding meaningfully to complaints alleging ra- 7 cial profiling by law enforcement agents; and 8 (5) any other policies and procedures the Attor- 9 ney General determines to be necessary to eliminate 10 racial profiling by Federal law enforcement agencies. 11 TITLE III—PROGRAMS TO ELIMI- 12 NATE RACIAL PROFILING BY 13 STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL 14 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN- 15 CIES 16 SEC. 301. POLICIES REQUIRED FOR GRANTS. 17 (a) IN GENERAL.—An application by a State, a unit 18 of local government, or a State, local, or Tribal law en- 19 forcement agency for funding under a covered program 20 shall include a certification that such State, unit of local 21 government, or law enforcement agency, and any law en- 22 forcement agency to which it will distribute funds— 23 (1) maintains adequate policies and procedures 24 designed to eliminate racial profiling; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 10 •HR 5727 IH (2) has eliminated any existing practices that 1 permit or encourage racial profiling. 2 (b) POLICIES.—The policies and procedures de- 3 scribed in subsection (a)(1) shall include— 4 (1) a prohibition on racial profiling; 5 (2) training on racial profiling issues as part of 6 law enforcement training; 7 (3) the collection of data in accordance with the 8 regulations issued by the Attorney General under 9 section 401; and 10 (4) participation in an administrative complaint 11 procedure or independent audit program that meets 12 the requirements of section 302. 13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 14 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 15 SEC. 302. INVOLVEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL. 16 (a) REGULATIONS.— 17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 18 after the date of enactment of this Act and in con- 19 sultation with stakeholders, including Federal, State, 20 Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies and com- 21 munity, professional, research, and civil rights orga- 22 nizations, the Attorney General shall issue regula- 23 tions for the operation of administrative complaint 24 procedures and independent audit programs to en- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 11 •HR 5727 IH sure that such programs and procedures provide an 1 appropriate response to allegations of racial profiling 2 by law enforcement agents or agencies. 3 (2) GUIDELINES.—The regulations issued 4 under paragraph (1) shall contain guidelines that 5 ensure the fairness, effectiveness, and independence 6 of the administrative complaint procedures and inde- 7 pendent auditor programs. 8 (b) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the Attorney General de- 9 termines that the recipient of a grant from any covered 10 program is not in compliance with the requirements of sec- 11 tion 301 or the regulations issued under subsection (a), 12 the Attorney General shall withhold, in whole or in part 13 (at the discretion of the Attorney General), funds for one 14 or more grants to the recipient under the covered pro- 15 gram, until the recipient establishes compliance. 16 (c) PRIVATE PARTIES.—The Attorney General shall 17 provide notice and an opportunity for private parties to 18 present evidence to the Attorney General that a recipient 19 of a grant from any covered program is not in compliance 20 with the requirements of this title. 21 SEC. 303. DATA COLLECTION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 22 (a) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.— 23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may, 24 through competitive grants or contracts, carry out a 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 12 •HR 5727 IH 2-year demonstration project for the purpose of de- 1 veloping and implementing data collection programs 2 on the hit rates for stops and searches by law en- 3 forcement agencies. The data collected shall be 4 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, national origin, 5 gender, and religion. 6 (2) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—The Attorney Gen- 7 eral shall provide not more than 5 grants or con- 8 tracts under this section. 9 (3) ELIGIBLE GRANTEES.—Grants or contracts 10 under this section shall be awarded to law enforce- 11 ment agencies that serve communities where there is 12 a significant concentration of racial or ethnic minori- 13 ties and that are not already collecting data volun- 14 tarily. 15 (b) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—Activities carried out 16 with a grant under this section shall include— 17 (1) developing a data collection tool and report- 18 ing the compiled data to the Attorney General; and 19 (2) training of law enforcement personnel on 20 data collection, particularly for data collection on hit 21 rates for stops and searches. 22 (c) EVALUATION.—Not later than 3 years after the 23 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 24 enter into a contract with an institution of higher edu- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 13 •HR 5727 IH cation (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education 1 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) to analyze the data col- 2 lected by each of the grantees funded under this section. 3 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 4 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out activities 5 under this section— 6 (1) $5,000,000, over a 2-year period, to carry 7 out the demonstration program under subsection 8 (a); and 9 (2) $500,000 to carry out the evaluation under 10 subsection (c). 11 SEC. 304. BEST PRACTICES DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. 12 (a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General, 13 through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, may make 14 grants to States, local law enforcement agencies, and units 15 of local government to develop and implement best prac- 16 tice devices and systems to eliminate racial profiling. 17 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—The funds provided under sub- 18 section (a) shall be used for programs that include the 19 following purposes: 20 (1) The development and implementation of 21 training to prevent racial profiling and to encourage 22 more respectful interaction with the public. 23 (2) The acquisition and use of technology to fa- 24 cilitate the accurate collection and analysis of data. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 14 •HR 5727 IH (3) The development and acquisition of feed- 1 back systems and technologies that identify officers 2 or units of officers engaged in, or at risk of engag- 3 ing in, racial profiling or other misconduct. 4 (4) The establishment and maintenance of an 5 administrative complaint procedure or independent 6 auditor program. 7 (c) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Attorney Gen- 8 eral shall ensure that grants under this section are award- 9 ed in a manner that reserves an equitable share of funding 10 for small and rural law enforcement agencies. 11 (d) APPLICATION.—Each State, local law enforce- 12 ment agency, or unit of local government desiring a grant 13 under this section shall submit an application to the Attor- 14 ney General at such time, in such manner, and accom- 15 panied by such information as the Attorney General may 16 reasonably require. 17 SEC. 305. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 18 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 19 as are necessary to carry out this title. 20 TITLE IV—DATA COLLECTION 21 SEC. 401. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ISSUE REGULATIONS. 22 (a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 6 months after 23 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, 24 in consultation with stakeholders, including Federal, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 15 •HR 5727 IH State, and local law enforcement agencies and community, 1 professional, research, and civil rights organizations, shall 2 issue regulations for the collection and compilation of data 3 under sections 201 and 301. 4 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations issued under 5 subsection (a) shall— 6 (1) provide for the collection of data on all rou- 7 tine or spontaneous investigatory activities; 8 (2) provide that the data collected shall— 9 (A) be collected by race, ethnicity, national 10 origin, gender, and religion, as perceived by the 11 law enforcement officer; 12 (B) include the date, time, and location of 13 such investigatory activities; 14 (C) include detail sufficient to permit an 15 analysis of whether a law enforcement agency is 16 engaging in racial profiling; and 17 (D) not include personally identifiable in- 18 formation; 19 (3) provide that a standardized form shall be 20 made available to law enforcement agencies for the 21 submission of collected data to the Department of 22 Justice; 23 (4) provide that law enforcement agencies shall 24 compile data on the standardized form made avail- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 16 •HR 5727 IH able under paragraph (3), and submit the form to 1 the Civil Rights Division and the Bureau of Justice 2 Statistics; 3 (5) provide that law enforcement agencies shall 4 maintain all data collected under this Act for not 5 less than 4 years; 6 (6) include guidelines for setting comparative 7 benchmarks, consistent with best practices, against 8 which collected data shall be measured; 9 (7) provide that the Director of the Bureau of 10 Justice Statistics shall— 11 (A) analyze the data for any statistically 12 significant disparities, including— 13 (i) disparities in the percentage of 14 drivers or pedestrians stopped relative to 15 the proportion of the population passing 16 through the neighborhood; 17 (ii) disparities in the hit rate; and 18 (iii) disparities in the frequency of 19 searches performed on racial or ethnic mi- 20 nority drivers and the frequency of 21 searches performed on nonminority drivers; 22 and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 17 •HR 5727 IH (B) not later than 3 years after the date 1 of enactment of this Act, and annually there- 2 after— 3 (i) prepare a report regarding the 4 findings of the analysis conducted under 5 subparagraph (A); 6 (ii) provide such report to Congress; 7 and 8 (iii) make such report available to the 9 public, including on a website of the De- 10 partment of Justice; and 11 (8) protect the privacy of individuals whose 12 data is collected by— 13 (A) limiting the use of the data collected 14 under this Act to the purposes set forth in this 15 Act; 16 (B) except as otherwise provided in this 17 Act, limiting access to the data collected under 18 this Act to those Federal, State, local, or Tribal 19 employees or agents who require such access in 20 order to fulfill the purposes for the data set 21 forth in this Act; 22 (C) requiring contractors or other non- 23 governmental agents who are permitted access 24 to the data collected under this Act to sign use 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 18 •HR 5727 IH agreements incorporating the use and disclosure 1 restrictions set forth in subparagraph (A); and 2 (D) requiring the maintenance of adequate 3 security measures to prevent unauthorized ac- 4 cess to the data collected under this Act. 5 SEC. 402. PUBLICATION OF DATA. 6 The Bureau of Justice Statistics shall provide to Con- 7 gress and make available to the public, together with each 8 annual report described in section 401, the data collected 9 pursuant to this Act, excluding any personally identifiable 10 information described in section 403. 11 SEC. 403. LIMITATIONS ON PUBLICATION OF DATA. 12 The name or identifying information of a law enforce- 13 ment officer, complainant, or any other individual involved 14 in any activity for which data is collected and compiled 15 under this Act shall not be— 16 (1) released to the public; 17 (2) disclosed to any person, except for— 18 (A) such disclosures as are necessary to 19 comply with this Act; 20 (B) disclosures of information regarding a 21 particular person to that person; or 22 (C) disclosures pursuant to litigation; or 23 (3) subject to disclosure under section 552 of 24 title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 19 •HR 5727 IH Freedom of Information Act), except for disclosures 1 of information regarding a particular person to that 2 person. 3 TITLE V—DEPARTMENT OF JUS- 4 TICE REGULATIONS AND RE- 5 PORTS ON RACIAL PROFIL- 6 ING IN THE UNITED STATES 7 SEC. 501. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ISSUE REGULATIONS 8 AND REPORTS. 9 (a) REGULATIONS.—In addition to the regulations re- 10 quired under sections 303 and 401, the Attorney General 11 shall issue such other regulations as the Attorney General 12 determines are necessary to implement this Act. 13 (b) REPORTS.— 14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 15 the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 16 thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to 17 Congress a report on racial profiling by law enforce- 18 ment agencies. 19 (2) SCOPE.—Each report submitted under 20 paragraph (1) shall include— 21 (A) a summary of data collected under sec- 22 tions 201(b)(3) and 301(b)(3) and from any 23 other reliable source of information regarding 24 racial profiling in the United States; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 20 •HR 5727 IH (B) a discussion of the findings in the 1 most recent report prepared by the Director of 2 the Bureau of Justice Statistics under section 3 401(b)(7); 4 (C) the status of the adoption and imple- 5 mentation of policies and procedures by Federal 6 law enforcement agencies under section 201 7 and by State and local law enforcement agen- 8 cies under sections 301 and 302; and 9 (D) a description of any other policies and 10 procedures that the Attorney General believes 11 would facilitate the elimination of racial 12 profiling. 13 TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 14 PROVISIONS 15 SEC. 601. SEVERABILITY. 16 If any provision of this Act, or the application of such 17 a provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be 18 unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and the appli- 19 cation of the remaining provisions of this Act to any per- 20 son or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. 21 SEC. 602. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 22 Nothing in this Act shall be construed— 23 (1) to limit legal or administrative remedies 24 under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 21 •HR 5727 IH United States (42 U.S.C. 1983), section 210401 of 1 the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 2 Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601), the Omnibus Crime 3 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 4 10101 et seq.), or title VI of the Civil Rights Act 5 of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.); 6 (2) to affect any Federal, State, or Tribal law 7 that applies to an Indian Tribe because of the polit- 8 ical status of the Tribe; or 9 (3) to waive the sovereign immunity of an In- 10 dian Tribe without the consent of the Tribe. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5727.IH H5727 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB