3.0.0 3245 2019-11-15T21:59:02Z 2019-11-15T21:59:02Z Senate S S 2008-07-10 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-10T20:16:03Z Justice Integrity Act of 2008 110 6518 HR 2008-07-16 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2008-07-10 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6566-6567) IntroReferral 2008-07-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6565-6566) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE N S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2008-07-10 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2008-07-10 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-07-10 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2008-07-15 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2008-07-28 False Crime and Law Enforcement Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional reporting requirements Criminal statistics Discrimination in criminal justice administration Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Legislation Minorities Public prosecutors Racial discrimination Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2008-07-10 Introduced in Senate 2008-08-14T21:41:38Z Justice Integrity Act of 2008 - 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.

]]> Justice Integrity Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Justice Integrity Act of 2008 Display Title Justice Integrity Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase public confidence in the justice system and address any unwarranted racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal process. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3245is/xml/BILLS-110s3245is.xml 2008-07-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6566-6567) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.