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1/6/2009--Introduced.No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2009 - Prohibits a state from receiving for a fiscal year any drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grant funds under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, or any amount from any other law enforcement assistance program of the Department of Justice, unless the state does not fund any antidrug task forces for that fiscal year or the state has in effect laws that ensure that: (1) a person is not convicted of a drug offense unless the facts that a drug offense was committed and that the person committed that offense are supported by evidence other than the eyewitness testimony of a law enforcement officer (officer) or individuals acting on an officer's behalf; and (2) an officer does not participate in a antidrug task force unless that officer's honesty and integrity is evaluated and found to be at an appropriately high level. Requires states receiving federal funds under this Act to collect data on the racial distribution of drug charges, the nature of the criminal law specified in the charges, and the jurisdictions in which such charges are made.

1234155600 2009-02-09 Fri Nov 13 10:05:42 -0600 2009 introduced 54106 'act':10 'law':5 '2009':12 'drug':4 'tulia':3 'enforc':6 'improv':9 'standard':8 'evidentiari':7 67084 false short introduced 54106 'act':24 'law':19,28 'drug':13,31 'forc':33 'task':32 'color':26 'offic':21 'other':23 'enforc':20 'offens':14 'person':10 'purpos':37 'requir':6,16 'screen':17 'convict':8 'increas':2 'particip':29 'standard':5 'evidentiari':4 67085 false official action 54106 1234155600 Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2009 183934 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. J000032 1950-01-12 4369 2435 Rayburn House Office Building http://www.jacksonlee.house.gov/contact-form.shtml 18 202-225-3317 Sheila 'd':6 'tx':7 '-18':8 'lee':5,12,16 'rep':1 'sheila':2,9,13 'jackson':4,11,15 'jackson-le':3,10,14 F 400199 Jackson-Lee Sheila_Jackson-Lee Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18] 1872 N00005818 12537 Democrat 202-225-3816 Seventh Day Adventist TX Sheila Jackson-Lee 1.86046511627907 http://www.jacksonlee.house.gov/ action 54106 1234155600 Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2009 183934 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. action 54106 1231218000 Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 181121 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. introduced 54106 1231218000 Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 181120