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This bill, known as the "End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2025" (ERRPA), aims to comprehensively address and eliminate racial, religious, and other forms of discriminatory profiling by law enforcement agencies across federal, state, local, and tribal levels. The bill defines racial profiling as using characteristics like race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation in investigatory activities, unless there is specific, trustworthy information linking a person to a criminal incident. It requires federal law enforcement agencies to develop policies prohibiting racial profiling, provide training on the issue, collect detailed data on investigatory activities, and establish complaint procedures. For state and local agencies, the bill ties compliance to grant funding, mandating that agencies develop anti-profiling policies, collect data, and participate in independent audit programs. The Attorney General is tasked with issuing regulations for data collection, which must be disaggregated by race and other characteristics, analyzed for statistical disparities, and reported to Congress annually. Additionally, the bill establishes a demonstration project to develop data collection programs, provides grants for best practices to eliminate racial profiling, and ensures that personally identifiable information remains confidential. The legislation allows for civil action enforcement and includes provisions to protect individual privacy while promoting transparency and accountability in law enforcement practices.

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