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HR 1907 107th Congress House

Racial Profiling Prohibition Act of 2001

Official title: To amend title 23, United States Code, to require States to adopt and enforce standards that prohibit the use of racial profiling in the enforcement of State l… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 23, United States Code, to require States to adopt and enforce standards that prohibit the use of racial profiling in the enforcement of State laws regulating the use of Federal-aid highways, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 17, 2001 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works ArrestCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCrime and Law EnforcementCriminal justice information
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Criminal statisticsDiscrimination in law enforcementEconomics and Public FinanceFederal aid highway programFreedom of informationGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkGovernment statisticsHighway maintenanceIdentification devicesInfrastructureInterstate highway systemLaw enforcement officersMinoritiesNamesPoliceRacial discriminationRoad constructionSearches and seizuresState lawsTraffic accidents and safety
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This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 18, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
May 17, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 17, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 18, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Racial Profiling Prohibition Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold specified apportionments of Federal-aid highway funds for a State that has failed to: (1) adopt and enforce standards that prohibit the use of racial profiling; and (2) maintain and allow public inspection of specified statistical information on each motor vehicle stop made by a law enforcement officer on a Federal-aid highway in the State.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 965 Related bill Racial Profiling Prohibition Act of 2001
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 22, 2001
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 17, 2001
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· May 17, 2001
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 17, 2001
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 17, 2001
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 17, 2001
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 17, 2001
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 17, 2001
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 17, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1907: Racial Profiling Prohibition Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1907/
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"H.R. 1907: Racial Profiling Prohibition Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1907/.
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H.R. 1907, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1907/.
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