,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to provide for the collection  
of data on traffic stops1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,traffic ,stops     
,along the ,border ,statistics ,study   
,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,attorney general   
study  7a7 ,study  7#a7 ,in general ,the
 ,attorney ,general shall conduct a     
nationwide study of stops for traffic   
violations by law enforcement officers4 
7#b7 ,initial analysis ,the ,attorney   
,general shall perform an initial       
analysis of existing data1 including    
complaints alleging1 and other          
information concerning1 traffic stops   
motivated by race and other bias4  7#c7 
,data collection ,after completion of   
the initial analysis under paragraph    
7#b71 the ,attorney ,general shall      

gather the following data on traffic    
stops from a nationwide sample of       
jurisdictions1 including jurisdictions  
identified in the initial analysis3     
7,a7 ,the traffic infraction alleged to 
have been committed that led to the     
stop4  7,b7 ,identifying characteristics
 of the driver stopped1 including the   
race1 gender1 ethnicity1 and approximate
 age of the driver4  7,c7 ,whether      
immigration status was questioned1      
immigration documents were requested1 or
 an inquiry was made to the ,immigration
 and ,naturalization ,service with      
regard to any individual in the vehicle 
and whether any individual in the       
vehicle was turned over to immigration  
officials4  7,d7 ,the number of stops   
conducted within #be miles of the       
,united ,states border with ,mexico     
compared with the number of stops       
conducted within #be miles of the       
,united ,states border with ,canada4    
7,e7 ,the number of individuals in the  
stopped vehicle4  7,f7 ,whether a search

 was instituted as a result of the stop 
and whether consent was requested for   
the search4  7,g7 ,any alleged criminal 
behavior by the driver that justified   
the search4  7,h7 ,any items seized1    
including contraband or money4  7,i7    
,whether any warning or citation was    
issued as a result of the stop4  7,j7   
,whether an arrest was made as a result 
of either the stop or the search and the
 justification for the arrest4  7,k7    
,the duration of the stop4  7b7         
,reporting  7#a7 ,initial analysis ,not 
later than #abj days after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the ,attorney   
,general shall report the results of the
 ,attorney ,general's initial analysis  
under subsection 7a77#b7 to ,congress   
and make such report available to the   
public1 and identify the jurisdictions  
for which the study is to be conducted4 
7#b7 ,data collection ,not later than #b
 years after the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 the ,attorney ,general shall 
report the results of the data collected

 under subsection 7a77#c7 to ,congress1 
a copy of which shall also be published 
in the ,federal ,register4  #c4 ,grant  
program ,in order to complete the study 
described in section #b1 the ,attorney  
,general may provide grants to law      
enforcement agencies to collect and     
submit the data described in section #b 
to the appropriate agency as designated 
by the ,attorney ,general4  #d4         
,limitation on use of data ,information 
released pursuant to section #b shall   
not reveal the identity of any          
individual who is stopped or any law    
enforcement officer involved in a       
traffic stop4  #e4 ,definition ,for     
purposes of this ,act1 the term law     
enforcement agency means an agency of a 
,state or political subdivision of a    
,state1 authorized by law or by a       
,federal1 ,state1 or local government   
agency to engage in or supervise the    
prevention1 detection1 or investigation 
of violations of criminal laws4  #f4    
,authorization of appropriations ,there 

are authorized to be appropriated such  
sums as may be necessary to carry out   
this ,act4