No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 2, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 5, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2007 - 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.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2007 to Jul 19, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jul 19, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 5, 2007 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Feb 2, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Jan 5, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 5, 2007Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6446 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Jul 14, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5807 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Jun 23, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-208 | DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS OVERSIGHT349 pages | Judiciary Committee | Sep 18, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-112 | LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT PRACTICES262 pages | Judiciary Committee | Jul 19, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal statistics
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Drug abuse
- Drug law enforcement
- Economics and Public Finance
- Evidence (Law)
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Informers
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Minorities
- Police
- Police corruption
- Rating of employees
- State laws
- Witnesses
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
