116-hr-7897116th Congress

BIAS Act of 2020

Sponsored By: Representative Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]

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Summary

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.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]

MD • D

Cosponsors

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 7/31/2020

  • Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 7/31/2020

  • Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 7/31/2020

  • Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]

    MS • D

    Sponsored 7/31/2020

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