,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #bf1 #bjac 
,ms4 ,norton introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide 
grants to ,states in order to prevent   
racial profiling4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,racial  
,profiling ,prevention ,act4  #b4 ,grant
 program to prohibit racial profiling   
7a7 ,grants ,subject to the requirements
 of this section1 the ,secretary shall  
make grants to a ,state that--  7#a7    
7,a7 has enacted and is enforcing a law 
that prohibits the use of racial        
profiling in the enforcement of ,state  
laws regulating the use of ,federal-aid 
highways2 and  7,b7 is maintaining and  
allows public inspection of statistical 
information for each motor vehicle stop 
made by a law enforcement officer on a  
,federal-aid highway in the ,state      
regarding the race and ethnicity of the 

driver and any passengers2 or  7#b7     
provides assurances satisfactory to the 
,secretary that the ,state is           
undertaking activities to comply with   
the requirements of paragraph 7#a74  7b7
 ,eligible activities ,a grant received 
by a ,state under subsection 7a7 shall  
be used by the ,state--  7#a7 in the    
case of a ,state eligible under         
subsection 7a77#a71 for costs of--  7,a7
 collecting and maintaining of data on  
traffic stops2  7,b7 evaluating the     
results of the data2 and  7,c7          
developing and implementing programs to 
reduce the occurrence of racial         
profiling1 including programs to train  
law enforcement officers2 and  7#b7 in  
the case of a ,state eligible under     
subsection 7a77#b71 for costs of--  7,a7
 activities to comply with the          
requirements of subsection 7a77#a72 and 
7,b7 any eligible activity under        
paragraph 7#a74  7c7 ,racial profiling  
7#a7 ,in general ,to meet the           
requirement of subsection 7a77#a71 a    

,state law shall prohibit1 in the       
enforcement of ,state laws regulating   
the use of ,federal-aid highways1 a     
,state or local law enforcement officer 
from using the race or ethnicity of the 
driver or passengers to any degree in   
making routine or spontaneous law       
enforcement decisions1 such as ordinary 
traffic stops on ,federal-aid highways4 
7#b7 ,limitation ,nothing in this       
subsection shall alter the manner in    
which a ,state or local law enforcement 
officer considers race or ethnicity     
whenever there is trustworthy           
information1 relevant to the locality or
 time frame1 that links persons of a    
particular race or ethnicity to an      
identified criminal incident1 scheme1 or
 organization4  7d7 ,limitations  7#a7  
,maximum amount of grants ,the total    
amount of grants made to a ,state under 
this section in a fiscal year may not   
exceed #e percent of the amount made    
available to carry out this section in  
the fiscal year4  7#b7 ,eligibility ,a  

,state may not receive a grant under    
subsection 7a77#b7 in more than #b      
fiscal years4  7e7 ,authorization of    
appropriations  7#a7 ,in general ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated from   
the ,highway ,trust ,fund 7other than   
the ,mass ,transit ,account7 to carry   
out this section #g1ejj1jjj for each of 
fiscal years #bjac through #bjag4  7#b7 
,contract authority ,funds authorized by
 this subsection shall be available for 
obligation in the same manner as if the 
funds were apportioned under chapter #a 
of title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1    
except the ,federal share of the cost of
 activities carried out using such funds
 shall be #hj percent1 and such funds   
shall remain available until expended   
and shall not be transferable4