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This bill would create a federal grant program to help local, state, and tribal governments shift some traffic violation enforcement away from police officers and toward civilians or traffic monitoring technology. The goal is to make traffic stops safer by having non-police workers or automated tools handle certain traffic violations instead of law enforcement officers. The bill gives the Attorney General 180 days after it becomes law to set up the program and would allow up to $100 million each year from 2026 through 2031 to fund it.
- Grants could go to local, state, or tribal government entities.
- Grant money could be used to buy traffic monitoring technology or hire civilian workers to enforce traffic laws.
- A “civilian” under the bill is a government employee who enforces traffic laws but is not a law enforcement officer.
- The program is intended to replace police officers in enforcing traffic violations with civilians or technology where possible.
Official Summaries
Investing in Safer Traffic Stops Act of 2025
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a grant program for state, local, or tribal government entities to ensure that the enforcement of traffic violations is carried out by a civilian or traffic monitoring technology instead of a law enforcement officer.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 546 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 546
To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program for
civilian traffic violation enforcement.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 16, 2025
Mr. Torres of 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 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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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 Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Investing in Safer Traffic Stops Act
of 2025''.
SEC. 2. GRANT FOR CIVILIAN TRAFFIC VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish a civilian
traffic violation enforcement grant program (in this Act referred to as
the ``Program'') to provide funding to local, State, or Tribal
government entities to ensure that the enforcement of traffic
violations is carried out by a civilian or traffic monitoring
technology, instead of a law enforcement officer.
(b) Eligible Recipient.--The Attorney General shall make grants
under the Program to local, State, or Tribal government entities.
(c) Eligible Activities.--Amounts from a grant awarded under the
Program may only be used for the purposes of ensuring that the
enforcement of traffic violations is carried out by a civilian or
traffic monitoring technology, including for the purchasing of such
technology and the hiring of civilians.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2026 through
2031 to carry out the Program.
(e) Civilian Defined.--In this Act, the term ``civilian'' means an
individual employed by a local, State, or Tribal government entity to
enforce traffic laws, who is not a law enforcement officer.
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