S.Amdt. 4705
What it does: Adds Sec. ___. (a) The Department of Justice shall condition the receipt of funds made available to State and local law enforcement agencies on the agency adopting a policy prohibiting the use of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity as a factor in its law enforcement activities, except with respect to suspect-specific information that includes a racial, ethnic, religious or other protected category identifier wherever appropriate
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 2578
Adds Sec. ___. (a) The Department of Justice shall condition the receipt of funds made available to State and local law enforcement agencies on the agency adopting a policy prohibiting the use of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity as a factor in its law enforcement activities, except with respect to suspect-specific information that includes a racial, ethnic, religious or other protected category identifier wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: Sec. ___. (a) The Department of Justice shall condition the receipt of funds made available to State and local law enforcement agencies on the agency adopting a policy prohibiting the use of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity as a factor in its law enforcement activities, except with respect to suspect-specific information that includes a racial, ethnic, religious or other protected category identifier.
Inserted: (b) The State and local law enforcement policies described in subsection (a) shall be consistent with the memorandum issued by the Department of Justice on December 2014 entitled "Guidance for Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Regarding the Use of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, National Origin, Religion, Sexual Orientation, or Gender Identity".
Inserted: (c) The Department of Justice shall have the authority to engage in compliance reviews of State and local law enforcement agencies in terms of implementation of the guidance described in subsection (b).
Inserted: (d) The Department of Justice shall submit to Congress a report on its efforts to systematically train State and local law enforcement agencies to comply with the guidance described in subsection (b), including providing model policies and model training manuals.
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SA 4705. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. ___. (a) The Department of Justice shall condition the receipt of funds made available to State and local law enforcement agencies on the agency adopting a policy prohibiting the use of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity as a factor in its law enforcement activities, except with respect to suspect-specific information that includes a racial, ethnic, religious or other protected category identifier.
(b) The State and local law enforcement policies described in subsection (a) shall be consistent with the memorandum issued by the Department of Justice on December 2014 entitled “Guidance for Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Regarding the Use of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, National Origin, Religion, Sexual Orientation, or Gender Identity”.
(c) The Department of Justice shall have the authority to engage in compliance reviews of State and local law enforcement agencies in terms of implementation of the guidance described in subsection (b).
(d) The Department of Justice shall submit to Congress a report on its efforts to systematically train State and local law enforcement agencies to comply with the guidance described in subsection (b), including providing model policies and model training manuals.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 15, 2016
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Senate amendment submitted
June 15, 2016
Senate amendment submitted
June 15, 2016