Incentive Grant Program to Prohibit Racial Profiling

 

Encourage States to enact and enforce laws that prohibit the use of racial profiling in the enforcement of traffic laws on Federal-aid highways, except those classified as local or minor rural roads, and to maintain and allow public inspection of statistical information regarding the race and ethnicity of the driver for each motor vehicle stop in the State

Active 20.611 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation A - Formula Grants Fiscal Year 2021 The Rhode Island DOT and Office of Highway Safety will contract with outside consultants to create a reporting system (ATRION, Inc. and CCU for analytic purposes), maintain IT requirements, and service all Rhode Island law enforcement agencies (ATRION) in their mandate to collect data sets included within Rhode Island's CCPRA statute. The Office of Highway Safety will also provide updated software and equipment necessary for law enforcement agencies to comply with the statute. The funds will also support RIDOT's MIS data maintenance and service requirements.
Fiscal Year 2023 States use Section 1906 funds to collect and maintain data on traffic stops; evaluate the results of the data; or to develop and implement programs, public outreach and training to reduce the disparate impact of traffic stops. Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) of 2005, Section 1906, Title Bipartison Infrastructure Law, enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 25024, Public Law 117-58, 23 U.S.C. 1906
Racial Profiling Data Collection, Section 1906, Public Law 109-59
Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act” (FAST Act), Public Law 114-94, Public Law 114-94
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, enacted as Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 25024, Public Law 117-58 This Grant is available to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. State Highway Safety agencies. A State submits to the agency a conforming law or assurances that describes the programs the State will implement using the funds. Preapplication coordination is required. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law reauthorized Section 1906. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. All certifications must be submitted by August 1 for each fiscal year. To apply for grant funds in a fiscal year, a Law State must submit the certifications and assurances required by 23 CFR Part 1300 and signed by the Governor's Representative for Highway Safety, to the appropriate NHTSA Regional Administrator. A State submits to the agency a conforming law or assurances that describes the programs the State will implement using the funds. Federal share is reimbursed on claims submitted in vouchers covering costs incurred. All participants have converted to the Electronic Transfer of Funds method. Funds placed in obligation are available until expended. Deadline for submitting applications for Section 1906 funds is August 1 each year. Not Applicable. Not applicable. Certifications must be submitted each year. The BIL provides that a State may qualify for a grant under the Section 1906 Program in one of two ways: (a) by enacting and enforcing a law that prohibits the use of racial profiling in the enforcement of State laws regulating the use of Federal-aid highways and maintaining and allowing public inspection of statistical information on the race and ethnicity of the driver and any passengers for each such motor vehicle stop made by a law enforcement officer on a Federal-aid highway (a Law State); or (b) by providing satisfactory assurances to the Secretary that the State is undertaking activities to prohibit racial profiling and to maintain and provide public access to data on the race and ethnicity of the driver and passengers for each motor vehicle stop made by a law enforcement officer on a Federal-aid highway (an Assurances State). Incentive grant funds are available to States to enact and enforce laws to prohibit racial profiling, in compliance with the following established criteria. Law States may use Section 1906 grant funds for: collecting and maintaining data on traffic stops; evaluating the results of such data; and developing and implementing programs to reduce the occurrence of racial profiling, including programs to train law enforcement officers. Assurances States may use Section 1906 grant funds for: funding activities to prohibit racial profiling in the enforcement of State laws regulating the use of Federal-aid highways; collecting, maintaining and providing public access to traffic stop data; evaluating the results of such data; and developing and implementing programs to reduce the occurrence of racial profiling, including programs to train law enforcement officers. A State may not receive a grant for more than two fiscal years if it is qualifying for the grant as an Assurances State. Not applicable. For direct procurement contracts, audits will be conducted in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Project sponsor shall retain records for 3 years following submission of a final expenditure report and other project deliverables, all project contract documents, financial records, and supporting documents pending resolution of audit findings. Statutory Formula: Public Law 114-94

Matching is mandatory. 80%. The Federal share of the costs of activities or programs may not exceed 80 percent.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Federal share is reimbursed on claims submitted in vouchers covering costs incurred. All participants have converted to the Electronic Transfer of Funds method. Funds placed in obligation are available three years after the last day of the fiscal year of apportionment or allocation. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None/Not specified. Barbara Sauers
1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., NRO-010
Washington, DC 20590 US
Barbara.Sauers@dot.gov
Phone: (202) 366-0144
Fax: (202) 366 7394 http://www.nhtsa.gov 69-8016-0-7-401 (Formula Grants) FY 22$8,050,000.00; FY 23 est $8,625,000.00; FY 24 est $11,500,000.00; FY 21$1,875,000.00; FY 20$2,250,000.00; FY 19$1,500,000.00; FY 18$2,625,000.00; FY 17$0.00; FY 16$0.00; - FY 2024 funding estimate is based on BIL authorized amounts. Estimated apportionments to States qualifying under the Section 1906 grant program will not be known until after NHTSA reviews and approves the Annual Grant Applications. FY 2023 Grant awards to qualifying states ranged from $885,460 - $1,150,000. The criteria for receiving a grant are set forth by the Federal Statute and the NHTSA implementing regulations, 23 CFR Section 1300.29. Fiscal Year 2023 States use Section 1906 funds to collect and maintain data on traffic stops; evaluate the results of the data; or to develop and implement programs, public outreach and training to reduce the disparate impact of traffic stops.