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President Joe Biden will host the family of George Floyd on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of his murder at the hands of Minneapolis police, according to family attorney Ben Crump.

The visit comes as negotiations on a bipartisan police reform bill in Floyds name have been delayed, although the bills chief architect, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) signaled hope this week for its eventual passage.

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BREAKING: President Biden will host George Floyds family at the White House to mark the 1-year anniversary of Georges death. We MUST prevent the suffering the future marginalized POC by passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act! https://t.co/j3oEK90LZM
Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 22, 2021

A White House spokesperson declined to tell CNN which members of the Floyd family would make the trip, and did not immediately respond to HuffPosts request for comment.

One of Floyds brothers, Philonise Floyd, took part in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty on three counts and is currently awaiting sentencing. Floyd died after Chauvin knelt on his neck and upper back for nearly 10 minutes while a small group of concerned onlookers begged him to stop.

Philonise Floyd took the stand to tell the courtroom about his brother, saying he had loved their mother so dearly and was still mourning her death at the time of his deadly encounter with law enforcement.

Floyds death set off global protests against racist policing, which put pressure on lawmakers to address the problem.

Biden signaled support for police reform on the campaign trail , saying that the anger and frustration, and the exhaustion is undeniable in the Black community. During his April address to Congress, Biden set a deadline of May 25 the date of Floyds death to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, but the administration has since backed off the deadline.

A version of the bill , first introduced in June 2020, passed the House in March. Bass is now working with Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) along with Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on a version that could pass the narrowly Democratic-controlled Senate. Scott told CNN in mid-April that he was optimistic about the bills chances.

We wont make May 25, but I dont believe its going to take months, Bass told The Hill this week.

Whats most important is that we get it right and that it be substantive, even if its a couple of weeks later, she said.

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If passed, the legislation would represent a sweeping overhaul in the ways police are held accountable: It would prohibit racial profiling; lower the legal standard of proof for a law enforcement officer to be found guilty of misconduct in federal court; place limits on qualified immunity, a doctrine that protects police officers from prosecution for their behavior in the line of duty; and give the Justice Department more power to investigate police departments.

Negotiators have said that qualified immunity is one of the main sticking points between Democrats and Republicans .

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