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H.R. 3526 111th Congress House

Tony Cardenas Community-Based Gang Intervention Act

Official title: To provide definitions of terms and services related to community-based gang intervention to ensure that funding for such intervention is utilized in a cost-ef… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide definitions of terms and services related to community-based gang intervention to ensure that funding for such intervention is utilized in a cost-effective manner and that community-based agencies are held accountable for providing holistic, integrated intervention services, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 4, 2010 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Advisory bodiesCrime preventionJuvenile crime and gang violenceLaw enforcement administration and fundingViolent crime
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 22, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Jul 31, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jul 31, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 22, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tony Cardenas Community-Based Gang Intervention Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States must acknowledge and address social conditions such as poverty, homelessness, inadequate educational systems, and limited economic opportunities in developing a comprehensive gang violence reduction strategy.

Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to: (1) require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to nonprofit community-based gang intervention agencies to provide services for reducing and stopping gang-related and gang-motivated violence and crime; (2) include representatives of community-based gang intervention agencies in juvenile justice and delinquency prevention advisory groups established by state plans; and (3) include community-based gang intervention and prevention activities in state and local grant programs for delinquency prevention.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 4, 2010
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 2, 2010
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 23, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3526: Tony Cardenas Community-Based Gang Intervention Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3526/
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"H.R. 3526: Tony Cardenas Community-Based Gang Intervention Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3526/.
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