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HR 3017 117th Congress House Transportation and Public Works

BIAS Act of 2021

Introduced: May 25, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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May 10, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
May 7, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 7, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bias In Automobile Stops Act of 2021 or the BIAS Act of 2021

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to provide grants to institutions of higher education for research, development, technology transfer, and training activities 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 May 10, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3684 Related bill Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
Kirkpatrick, Ann
· May 25, 2021
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · May 7, 2021
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Vargas, Juan
California · May 7, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3017: BIAS Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3017/
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"H.R. 3017: BIAS Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3017/.
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H.R. 3017, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3017/.
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[H.R. 3017: BIAS Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3017/)
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