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BIAS Act of 2020

Introduced: July 31, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Aug 3, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jul 31, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jul 31, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bias In Automobile Stops Act of 2020 or the BIAS Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to provide grants to institutions of higher education for research and training in the operation or establishment of an implicit bias training program as it relates to racial profiling at traffic stops.

To be eligible for grants such institutions must (1) have an active research program or demonstrate that the applicant is beginning a research program to study implicit bias as it relates to racial profiling before and during traffic stops, and (2) partner with state and local police departments to conduct the research and carry out the implementation of implicit bias training with state and local police departments.

What's happening now August 3, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2 Related bill Moving Forward Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Jul 31, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Jul 31, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 31, 2020
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jul 31, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7897: BIAS Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7897/
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"H.R. 7897: BIAS Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7897/.
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H.R. 7897, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7897/.
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