Sec. 3005. Grant program to prohibit racial profiling
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Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, as amended by section 3004 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: Subject to the requirements of this subsection, the Secretary shall make grants to a State that— is maintaining and allows public inspection of statistical information for each motor vehicle stop made by a law enforcement officer on a Federal-aid highway in the State regarding the race, ethnicity, and mode of transportation of the driver and the officer; or provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the State is undertaking activities to comply with the requirements of subparagraph (A). A grant received by a State under paragraph
(1)shall be used by the State for the costs of— collecting and maintaining data on traffic stops; and evaluating the results of such data. The total amount of grants made to a State under this section in a fiscal year may not exceed 5 percent of the amount made available to carry out this section in the fiscal year. On or after October 1, 2022, a State may not receive a grant under paragraph (1)(B) in more than 2 fiscal years. From funds made available under this section, the Secretary shall set aside $7,500,000 for each fiscal year to carry out this subsection. The Secretary may reallocate, before the last day of any fiscal year, amounts remaining available under subparagraph
(A)to increase the amounts made available to carry out any other activities authorized under this section in order to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that all such amounts are obligated during such fiscal year. .