US Congress House Bill 158 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Corey Jones Act This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require an applicant under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to certify that no law enforcement agency that receives COPS grant funds allows officers to conduct routine traffic stops while wearing plainclothes or while wearing plainclothes and in an unmarked police vehicle. The Department of Justice may not waive this so-called plainclothes certification requirement. If a law enforcement officer's conduct violates the plainclothes certification and results in serious injury or death of a person, then that person may bring a civil action against the law enforcement officer and any state, local, or tribal government that is a COPS program grantee and has direct authority over such officer.

Corey Jones Act

Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2017-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-01-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/158/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr158/BILLS-115hr158ih.pdf