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Investing in Safer Traffic Stops Act of 2025
To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program for civilian traffic violation enforcement.
Summary
- Requires the Attorney General to establish a grant program within 180 days to fund civilian traffic violation enforcement and traffic monitoring technology.
- Provides grants to local, State, or Tribal government entities to replace law enforcement officers with civilians or technology for traffic violation enforcement.
- Grant funds may be used for purchasing traffic monitoring technology and hiring non-law enforcement civilians to enforce traffic laws.
- Defines "civilian" as an individual employed by a government entity to enforce traffic laws who is not a law enforcement officer.
- Authorizes $100 million per fiscal year for fiscal years 2026 through 2031.
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Sponsor (1)
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![Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/T000486.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Torres, Ritchie (D-NY) [#15]
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Ritchie Torres’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- Employer not reported $73,359
- BLACKSTONE $57,150
- UNION SQUARE VENTURES $35,400
- KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP $32,250
- KKR $31,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Ritchie Torres → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Jan 17, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
- Jan 16, 2025 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. · house
- Jan 16, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
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
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. <all>
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