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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 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 October 4, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Sep 17, 1996
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 17, 1996
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Waters, Maxine
California · Sep 17, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4092: Freedom of the Highways Act of 1996. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-4092/
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