All Information (Except Text) for H.R.46 - No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2015114th Congress (2015-2016)
No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2015
Official Titles
Official Titles - House of Representatives
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.
Actions Overview (1)
Date
Actions Overview
01/06/2015
Introduced in House
01/06/2015 Introduced in House
All Actions (3)
Date
All Actions
01/12/2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
01/06/2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Action By: House of Representatives
01/06/2015
Introduced in House Action By: House of Representatives
01/12/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
01/06/2015 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
01/06/2015 Introduced in House
Cosponsors (0)
No cosponsors.
Committees (1)
Committees, subcommittees and links to reports associated with this bill are listed here, as well as the nature and date of committee activity and Congressional report number.
Committee / Subcommittee
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Activity
Related Documents
House Judiciary
01/06/2015
Referred to
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations
01/12/2015
Referred to
Related Bills (0)
No related bill information was received for H.R.46.
No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2015
This bill 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 federal law enforcement assistance program, unless the state does not fund any antidrug task forces for that fiscal year or it has in effect laws that ensure that: (1) a person is not convicted of a drug offense unless the fact that a drug offense was committed and the person's commission of the offense are supported by evidence other than the eyewitness testimony of a law enforcement officer or those acting on an officer's behalf, and (2) an officer may participate in an antidrug task force only if that officer's honesty and integrity are evaluated and found to be at an appropriately high level.
States receiving federal funds under this bill are directed 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.
All Summaries (1)
Shown Here: Introduced in House (01/06/2015)
No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2015
This bill 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 federal law enforcement assistance program, unless the state does not fund any antidrug task forces for that fiscal year or it has in effect laws that ensure that: (1) a person is not convicted of a drug offense unless the fact that a drug offense was committed and the person's commission of the offense are supported by evidence other than the eyewitness testimony of a law enforcement officer or those acting on an officer's behalf, and (2) an officer may participate in an antidrug task force only if that officer's honesty and integrity are evaluated and found to be at an appropriately high level.
States receiving federal funds under this bill are directed 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.
