HR 4092
104th Congress
House
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Automobile drivers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Discrimination in law enforcement
Evidence (Law)
Law
Minorities
Racial discrimination
Searches and seizures
Transportation and Public Works
Freedom of the Highways Act of 1996
Introduced: September 17, 1996
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 4, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Sep 17, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 17, 1996
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Freedom of the Highways Act of 1996 - Prohibits any law enforcement agency or officer, acting under color of authority, from stopping any person driving or riding in an automobile because of that person's race or color.
Authorizes any person or class of persons aggrieved by such a violation, in a civil action, to obtain appropriate relief. Specifies that a showing that a pattern exists in a particular region of disparate stopping of persons on highways based on race or color is sufficient to constitute prima facie evidence of a violation in that region.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Committees of jurisdiction
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