H.R. 5361

George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025

Sponsor: Glenn Ivey

136 cosponsors
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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025

This bill addresses a wide range of policies and issues regarding policing practices and law enforcement accountability. It increases accountability for law enforcement misconduct, restricts the use of certain policing practices, enhances transparency and data collection, and establishes best practices and training requirements.

The bill enhances existing enforcement mechanisms to remedy violations by law enforcement. Among other things, it does the following:

  • lowers the criminal intent standard—from willful to knowing or reckless—to convict a law enforcement officer for misconduct in a federal prosecution,
  • limits qualified immunity as a defense to liability in a private civil action against a law enforcement officer, and
  • grants administrative subpoena power to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in pattern-or-practice investigations.

It establishes a framework to prevent and remedy racial profiling by law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels. It also limits the unnecessary use of force and restricts the use of no-knock warrants, chokeholds, and carotid holds.

The bill creates a national registry—the National Police Misconduct Registry—to compile data on complaints and records of police misconduct. It also establishes new reporting requirements, including on the use of force, officer misconduct, and routine policing practices (e.g., stops and searches).

Finally, it directs DOJ to create uniform accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies and requires law enforcement officers to complete training on racial profiling, implicit bias, and the duty to intervene when another officer uses excessive force.

Text of the bill

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I Police Accountability

A Holding Police Accountable in the Courts

B Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act

Sec. 117. National task force on law enforcement oversight

(a) Establishment. There is established within the Department of Justice a task force to be known as the Task Force on Law Enforcement Oversight (hereinafter in this section referred to as the Task Force).

(b) Composition. The Task Force shall be composed of individuals appointed by the Attorney General, who shall appoint not less than 1 individual from each of the following:

(1) The Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division.

(2) The Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division.

(3) The Federal Coordination and Compliance Section of the Civil Rights Division.

(4) The Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division.

(5) The Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division.

(6) The Office of Justice Programs.

(7) The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS).

(8) The Corruption/Civil Rights Section of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(9) The Community Relations Service.

(10) The Office of Tribal Justice.

(11) The unit within the Department of Justice assigned as a liaison for civilian review boards.

(c) Powers and duties. The Task Force shall consult with professional law enforcement associations, labor organizations, and community-based organizations to coordinate the process of the detection and referral of complaints regarding incidents of alleged law enforcement misconduct.

(d) Authorization of appropriations. There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out this section.

II Policing Transparency Through Data

A National Police Misconduct Registry

B PRIDE Act

III Improving Police Training and Policies

A End Racial and Religious Profiling Act

I Prohibition of Racial Profiling

II Programs To Eliminate Racial Profiling By Federal Law Enforcement Agencies

III Programs To Eliminate Racial Profiling By State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

IV Data Collection

V Department of Justice Regulations and Reports on Racial Profiling in the United States

B Additional Reforms

C Law Enforcement Body Cameras

1 Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act

2 Police CAMERA Act

IV Closing the Law Enforcement Consent Loophole

V Miscellaneous Provisions