HR6748-119

What This Bill Does

This bill adds a new title 28 reporting section requiring the Attorney General, with the Secretary of Homeland Security and FBI Director and in coordination with State and local law enforcement agencies, to submit an initial report within 150 days and annual reports thereafter to the House and Senate Judiciary and Appropriations Committees. The report must cover gang activity, reporting, investigation, and prosecution, including 10-year growth of local, national, and transnational gangs, numerical data, changes in gang membership, location, activities, enterprises, and relevant State and local data.

Who Benefits and How

Congressional Judiciary and Appropriations Committees, federal policymakers, State law enforcement agencies, local police departments, crime analysts, and communities affected by gang violence benefit from more current national data than the older 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. The reports can support evidence-based decisions about investigations, prosecutions, and public-safety resources.

Who Bears the Burden and How

The Attorney General, Department of Justice analysts, DHS intelligence staff, FBI gang investigators, State law enforcement agencies, and local police departments must compile data, coordinate definitions, reconcile State and local sources, prepare recurring reports, and submit them to Congress on the statutory deadlines.

Key Provisions

• States findings that gangs were linked to a large share of violent crime in older DOJ data and that updated reporting is needed.
• Requires an initial gang activity report within 150 days after enactment.
• Requires annual reports after the initial report through the end of each fiscal year.
• Requires DOJ, DHS, FBI, and State and local law enforcement coordination.
• Requires reporting on 10-year gang growth, numerical data, membership changes, locations, activities, and enterprises.