3.0.0 231 2023-01-11T13:21:01Z 2023-01-11T13:21:01Z House H HR 2011-01-07 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas:H.R. 231.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H136]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2011-02-07T20:23:47Z Referred to 2011-01-07T14:08:40Z 2011-02-07 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2011-01-07 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2011-01-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-01-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 N Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Evidence and witnesses Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Racial and ethnic relations Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2011-01-07 Introduced in House 2011-01-18T22:51:42Z No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2011 - 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.

]]> No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2011 Display Title No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced To increase the evidentiary standard required to convict a person for a drug offense, to require screening of law enforcement officers or others acting under color of law participating in drug task forces, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2011 Introduced in House 2011-01-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr231ih/xml/BILLS-112hr231ih.xml 2011-02-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. 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.