To provide for the collection of data on traffic stops.
Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act of 1998 - Requires the Attorney General to conduct a study of stops for routine traffic violations by law enforcement officers. Directs that such study include consideration of factors including: (1) the traffic infraction that led to the stop; (2) the race, ethnicity, and age of the individual stopped; (3) whether a search was instituted and the rationale for, method of, and contraband discovered in, the search; (4) whether a warning, citation, or arrest resulted; and (5) the benefit of traffic stops with regard to the interdiction of drugs and the proceeds of drug trafficking.
Prohibits the data from: (1) being used for other than research or statistical purposes or in any legal or administrative proceeding to establish an inference of discrimination on the basis of particular identifying characteristics; or (2) containing any information that may reveal the identity of individuals stopped or law enforcement officers.
Directs the Attorney General to report the results of the study to the Congress.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E10)
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Subcommittee on Crime Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 105-435.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 105-435.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 245.
Mr. Hyde moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1387-1389)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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