As a result of national protests sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, Democratic lawmakers in Congress introduced legislation on Monday aimed at ending excessive use of force by police forces.

The Justice in Policing Act was introduced and sponsored by Representatives Karen Bass (D-CA) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Kamala Harris (D-CA). The Act seeks not only to prevent police officers from using choke holds, but also seeks to create a registry to track police misconduct, lower the mens rea standard needed to prosecute law enforcement officers, and reform qualified immunity by allowing individuals to recover damages when their constitutional rights have been infringed upon by law enforcement, among other amendments.

In a statement regarding the Act, Booker stated:

Persistent, uncheck bias in policing and a history of lack of accountability is wreaking havoc in the Black community. Cities are literally on fire with the pain and anguish wrought by the violence visited upon black and brown bodies. There’s no one singular policy change that will fix this issue tomorrow—we need an entire set of holistic reforms to improve police training and practices, and ensure greater accountability and transparency.

This has not been the first attempt at federal regulation of police practices. Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill to combat racial bias in policing in response to Michael Brown’s murder in 2014. However, such attempts were halted as Republicans believed this was an issue for state and local governments to resolve.

The Justice in Policing Act will now go the Republican controlled Senate for a vote.