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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4981 

To amend title 28, United States Code, to require the Attorney General 

to submit an annual report to Congress on gang activity, reporting, 

investigation, and prosecution, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Ms. ROSEN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 28, United States Code, to require the Attorney General to submit an annual report to Congress 

on gang activity, reporting, investigation, and prosecution, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gang Activity Report5 ing Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The United States is experiencing an un2 precedented surge in violent crime, including an in3 crease of more than 30 percent in the rate of mur4 ders since 2020. 

5 (2) The most recent Department of Justice 

6 data regarding gangs and criminal activity, pub7 lished in the 2011 National Gang Threat Assess8 ment, indicates gangs are responsible for an average 

9 of 48 percent of violent crime in the United States. 

10 (3) Up-to-date, accurate, and consistent report11 ing from the relevant Federal agencies relating to 

12 gang activity in the United States is a foundational 

13 element in enabling policymakers to enact effective, 

14 evidence-based policy that protects the people of the 

15 United States from gang activity. 

16 SEC. 3. GANG REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 31 of title 28, United 

18 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘§ 530E. Report on gang activity, reporting, investiga21 tion, and prosecution 

22 ‘‘(a) REPORT.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 150 days 

24 after the date of enactment of the Gang Activity Re25 porting Act of 2022, and not later than the last day 


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1 of each fiscal year beginning after the date of enact2 ment, the Attorney General shall, in conjunction 

3 with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 

4 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

5 submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

6 Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

7 House of Representatives a report on gang activity, 

8 reporting, investigation, and prosecution. 

9 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report described in 

10 paragraph (1) shall include information relating 

11 to— 

12 ‘‘(A) the growth of local, national, and 

13 transnational gangs during the 10-fiscal-year 

14 period preceding the date on which the report 

15 is submitted (referred to in this section as the 

16 ‘submission date’)— 

17 ‘‘(i) with specific numerical data; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) including changes and trends in 

19 gang membership, location, and activities 

20 and enterprises; 

21 ‘‘(B) the tools, methods, or networks gangs 

22 are using to commit certain crimes, including— 

23 ‘‘(i) the extent to which gangs cooper24 ate; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of the kinds of 

2 crimes on which gangs cooperate; 

3 ‘‘(C) whether and to what extent State4 based reporting issues affect Federal data col5 lection and accuracy; 

6 ‘‘(D) the initiatives the Department of 

7 Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and 

8 Federal Bureau of Investigation undertook dur9 ing the 5-fiscal-year period preceding the sub10 mission date to track gang growth and gang ac11 tivity and to investigate and prosecute related 

12 unlawful activity, including— 

13 ‘‘(i) the date on which each initiative 

14 was undertaken; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) if applicable, the date on which 

16 each initiative was ended, with a detailed 

17 explanation as to why the initiative was 

18 ended; 

19 ‘‘(E) the Federal resources allocated by 

20 each agency described in subparagraph (D) to 

21 investigating, prosecuting, and containing gangs 

22 as of the submission date; 

23 ‘‘(F) gang enforcement statistics from the 

24 last fiscal year ending before the submission 


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1 date, including the quantity, changes, and 

2 trends in— 

3 ‘‘(i) gang-related arrests, including 

4 comparisons to gang-related arrests during 

5 the 5-fiscal-year period preceding the ap6 plicable fiscal year; 

7 ‘‘(ii) the number of juveniles arrested 

8 as a result of gang-related activity; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) the number of firearms seized by 

10 law enforcement agencies during gang en11 forcement operations, including the num12 ber of firearms seized from juveniles; 

13 ‘‘(G) the data collection procedures utilized 

14 by each agency described in subparagraph (D); 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(H) any changes to data collection proce17 dures of an agency described in subparagraph 

18 (D) during the 18-month period preceding the 

19 submission date, including explanations as to 

20 why any procedures were changed. 

21 ‘‘(b) CLASSIFICATION.—The report submitted under 

22 subsection (a), or a portion thereof, may be classified, as 

23 determined appropriate by the Attorney General, the Sec24 retary of Homeland Security, and the Director of the Fed25 eral Bureau of Investigation.’’. 


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1 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

2 for chapter 31 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 

3 by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘530E. Report on gang activity, reporting, investigation, and prosecution.’’. 

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