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2/26/2009--Introduced.Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Requires the Attorney General to: (1) establish a pilot program in 10 U.S. districts to promote fairness and the perception of fairness in the federal criminal justice system and to determine whether legislation is required; and (2) designate a U.S. attorney in each of the districts to implement a plan for carrying out such pilot program.Requires each U.S. attorney designated to implement a pilot program to appoint an advisory group consisting of judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and other individuals and entities who play an important role in the criminal justice system. Requires each advisory group to: (1) collect and analyze data on the race and ethnicity of defendants at each stage of a criminal proceeding; (2) seek to determine causes of racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice process; and (3) submit to the U.S. attorney a report and proposed plan for addressing such disparities. Requires each U.S. attorney to annually evaluate the efficacy of a plan submitted by an advisory group. Requires the Attorney General to: (1) prepare a comprehensive report on all advisory group plans and submit such report and plans to Congress; and (2) exercise continuing oversight of the criminal justice system to reduce unwarranted racial and ethnic disparities and improve such system.

1235624400 2009-02-26 Wed Jan 06 06:45:40 -0600 2010 introduced 55404 'act':3 '2009':5 'integr':2 'justic':1 69571 false short introduced 55404 'bill':2 'confid':6 'crimin':21 'dispar':18 'ethnic':17 'justic':9 'public':5 'racial':15 'system':10 'unwarr':14 'address':12 'increas':4 'process':22 69288 false official action 55404 1235624400 Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0600 2009 185790 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. C000141 1943-10-05 3676 509 Hart Senate Office Building http://cardin.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm 202-224-1651 Benjamin 'd':4 'md':5 'sen':1 'cardin':3,7,9 'benjamin':2,6,8 M 400064 Cardin Benjamin_L._Cardin L. Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD] 1711 N00001955 11388 Democrat 202-224-4524 Jewish MD Ben Benjamin Cardin 2.62790697674419 http://cardin.senate.gov/ SenatorCardin action 55404 1235624400 Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0600 2009 185790 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. action 55404 1235624400 Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0600 2009 185789 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2565-2566) introduced 55404 1235624400 Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0600 2009 185788