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S. 1038: End Racial Profiling Act of 2013

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S. 1038: End Racial Profiling Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-05-23 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-05-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

End Racial Profiling Act of 2013

Plain summary

End Racial Profiling Act of 2013 - Prohibits any law enforcement agent or agency from engaging in racial profiling. Grants the United States or an individual injured by racial profiling the right to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief. Requires federal law enforcement agencies to maintain adequate policies and procedures to eliminate racial profiling and to cease existing practices that permit racial profiling. Requires state or local governmental entities or state, local, or tribal law enforcement agencies that apply for grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program and the Cops on the Beat Program to certify that they maintain adequate policies and procedures for eliminating racial profiling and have eliminated any existing practices that permit or encourage racial profiling. Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants and contracts for the collection of data relating to racial profiling and for the development of best practices and systems to eliminate racial profiling. Requires the Attorney General to issue regulations for the collection and compilation of data on racial profiling and for the implementation of this Act.

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Official text

End Racial Profiling Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · 18 cosponsors

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Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-s1038 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113