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Incentive Grant Program to Prohibit Racial Profiling

Program Information

Popular name

(Section 1906)

Program Number

20.611

Program objective

Encourage States to enact and enforce laws and programs 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 on all public roads except those classified as local or minor rural roads.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 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.

  2. 2024

    States use Section 1906 funds to collect and maintain data on traffic stops; evaluate the results of the data; and/or to develop and implement programs, public outreach and training to reduce the disparate impact of traffic stops.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

The criteria for receiving a grant are set forth by the Federal Statute and the NHTSA implementing regulations, 23 CFR Section 1300.29.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • State
  • U.S. Territories

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