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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 546
To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program for civilian
traffic violation enforcement.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY16, 2025
Mr. T
ORRESof New York introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program
for civilian traffic violation enforcement.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Investing in Safer 4
Traffic Stops Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. GRANT FOR CIVILIAN TRAFFIC VIOLATION EN-6
FORCEMENT. 7
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 8
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-9
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eral shall establish a civilian traffic violation enforcement 1
grant program (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) 2
to provide funding to local, State, or Tribal government 3
entities to ensure that the enforcement of traffic violations 4
is carried out by a civilian or traffic monitoring tech-5
nology, instead of a law enforcement officer. 6
(b) E
LIGIBLERECIPIENT.—The Attorney General 7
shall make grants under the Program to local, State, or 8
Tribal government entities. 9
(c) E
LIGIBLEACTIVITIES.—Amounts from a grant 10
awarded under the Program may only be used for the pur-11
poses of ensuring that the enforcement of traffic violations 12
is carried out by a civilian or traffic monitoring tech-13
nology, including for the purchasing of such technology 14
and the hiring of civilians. 15
(d) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 16
authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of 17
the fiscal years 2026 through 2031 to carry out the Pro-18
gram. 19
(e) C
IVILIANDEFINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘civil-20
ian’’ means an individual employed by a local, State, or 21
Tribal government entity to enforce traffic laws, who is 22
not a law enforcement officer. 23
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