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H.R. 1022 111th Congress House

Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act

Official title: To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to prote… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 12, 2009 Introduced by: Adam B. Schiff Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Crime preventionCrimes against childrenCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and records
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Criminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of JusticeDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEvidence and witnessesExecutive agency funding and structureFirearms and explosivesGovernment information and archivesJuvenile crime and gang violenceLaw enforcement administration and fundingPolicy sciencesSouth CarolinaViolent crimeVocational and technical educationYouth employment and child labor
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 30, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Mar 30, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 12, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Feb 12, 2009
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 12, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Feb 12, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 30, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act - Amends the federal criminal code to define "criminal street gang" and "gang crime" and to prohibit: (1) the commission of, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit, a gang crime to further the activities of a criminal street gang; and (2) the recruitment of another person to join a criminal street gang.

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose criminal penalties for murder and other violent crimes committed in the course of a drug trafficking offense.

Increases criminal penalties for possession of firearms by repeat criminal offenders and for firearm transfers to commit crimes of violence or drug trafficking crimes.

Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) designate certain areas in states as high intensity gang activity areas and provide assistance to such areas; (2) expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program to require U.S. attorneys to identify, investigate, and prosecute criminal street gangs operating in their districts; (3) expand the Safe Streets Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to support criminal street gang enforcement teams; and (4) make grants to states to prevent abductions of children by family members.

Directs the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a National Gang Research, Evaluation, and Policy Institute. Authorizes such Office to make grants to governmental and private entities to develop community-based crime prevention programs designed for gang members and at-risk youth.

Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to provide for grants to prosecutors and law enforcement to assist in identifying gang members and violent offenders and to coordinate efforts to combat violent crime.

Establishes in the U.S. Marshals Service a Short-Term State Witness Protection Section to provide protection for witnesses in state and local trials involving homicide or other violent crimes. Expands the federal witness relocation and protection program to include protection for witnesses against criminal street gangs.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants for juvenile offender reintegration projects and for employment programs for young adult gang members to reduce recidivism and promote long-term employability.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1022: Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1022/
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