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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 175 

To provide enhanced Federal enforcement and assistance in preventing and 

prosecuting crimes of violence against children. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 25 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 2011 

Mrs. BOXER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide enhanced Federal enforcement and assistance in 

preventing and prosecuting crimes of violence against 

children. 

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 ‘‘Violence Against Chil5 dren Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) According to a report by the Federal Inter9 agency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, in 


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1 2007, more than 248,000 violent crimes were com2 mitted against children between ages 12 and 17. 

3 (2) According to data from the National Inci4 dent-Based Reporting System, people under the age 

5 of 18 make up approximately 26 percent of violent 

6 crime victims reported to police, including 70 per7 cent of all reported sexual assaults. Of the victims 

8 under the age of 18, approximately 37 percent were 

9 under the age of 12. 

10 (3) According to data from the Bureau of Jus11 tice Statistics, people between the ages of 12 and 19 

12 are victims of violent crime twice as often as people 

13 over the age of 20. 

14 (4) According to data from the Bureau of Jus15 tice Statistics, only 35 percent of violent crimes 

16 against people between ages 12 and 19 are actually 

17 reported to police. 

18 (5) According to data from the Department of 

19 Health and Human Services, it is estimated that 

20 more than 85,000 children were victims of physical 

21 abuse in 2006, of which approximately 465 were fa22 talities. 

23 (6) Child abuse has long-lasting negative effects 

24 upon children and families, including delayed devel25 opment, depression, substance abuse, and increased 


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1 likelihood of experiencing or perpetrating domestic 

2 violence as an adult. 

3 (7) Local law enforcement agencies are in need 

4 of additional resources to protect and serve the 

5 needs of children and families. 

6 (8) Legal representation, including training re7 quirements for attorneys, guardians ad litem (GAL), 

8 and court appointed special advocates (CASA), and 

9 caseload restrictions, for children in dependency 

10 court varies substantially by State and jurisdiction. 

11 (9) With an estimated 30,000 gangs operating 

12 within the United States, gang violence and drug 

13 trafficking remain serious problems throughout the 

14 country, causing injury and death to innocent vic15 tims, often children. 

16 (10)(A) For example, on November 13, 2005, a 

17 gang-related dispute broke out in San Bernardino, 

18 California, and gunfire sprayed an apartment build19 ing, killing 11-year-old Mynisha Crenshaw and seri20 ously wounding her 14-year-old sister as they ate 

21 Sunday dinner with their family. 

22 (B) This tragic shooting symbolizes the struggle 

23 that so many communities across the United States, 

24 like San Bernardino, face in combating gang vio25 lence, and serves as a reminder of the nationwide 


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1 problem of protecting children from senseless vio2 lence. 

3 (11) Coordination of Federal resources is need4 ed to reduce gang violence through proven and 

5 proactive prevention and intervention programs, in6 cluding programs that focus on keeping at-risk 

7 youth in school and out of the criminal justice sys8 tem. 

9 (12) According to a 2006 report by the Wash10 ington State Attorney General and the Department 

11 of Justice (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin12 quency Prevention), in 76 percent of murders of an 

13 abducted child, the murder is committed within 3 

14 hours of the abduction. 

15 (13) The same report found that in 89 percent 

16 of missing child murders, the child died within 24 

17 hours of disappearing. 

18 (14) For example, on March 27, 2009, 8-year19 old Sandra Cantu of Tracy, California, was reported 

20 missing by her mother. Following more than a week 

21 of search and investigation, she was found dead, the 

22 victim of kidnapping and murder. 

23 (15) Federal, State, and local law enforcement 

24 must have more tools to act quickly in investigating 


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1 reports of crimes against children, particularly child 

2 abductions. 

3 TITLE I—ENHANCED ASSIST4 ANCE FOR CRIMINAL INVES5 TIGATIONS AND PROSECU6 TIONS BY STATE AND LOCAL 

7 ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

8 SEC. 101. ENHANCED ASSISTANCE FOR CRIMINAL INVES9 TIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS BY STATE 

10 AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a State, Indian 

12 tribal government, or unit of local government, the Attor13 ney General shall provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, 

14 or any other form of assistance in the criminal investiga15 tion or prosecution of any crime that— 

16 (1) constitutes a felony under the laws of the 

17 State or Indian tribe; and 

18 (2) is committed against an individual under 18 

19 years of age. 

20 (b) PRIORITY.—If the Attorney General determines 

21 that there are insufficient resources to fulfill requests 

22 made pursuant to subsection (a), the Attorney General 

23 shall give priority to requests for assistance to— 


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1 (1) crimes committed by, or believed to be com2 mitted by, offenders who have committed crimes in 

3 more than 1 State; and 

4 (2) jurisdictions that have limited resources and 

5 difficulty covering the extraordinary expenses relat6 ing to the investigation or prosecution of the crime. 

7 (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Every 180 days following 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen10 eral shall submit to Congress a report on applica11 tions for Federal assistance under this Act, and 

12 Federal assistance provided under this Act. 

13 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report under paragraph 

14 (1) shall include— 

15 (A) a listing of all applications for Federal 

16 assistance under this title during the previous 

17 180 days; 

18 (B) a description of each application sub19 mitted during the previous 180 days, whether 

20 approved, denied, or pending, including the 

21 name of the requesting party and the nature of 

22 the request for assistance; 

23 (C) reasons for approval or denial of each 

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1 view and decision-making process for each ap2 plication; and 

3 (D) if Federal assistance was provided, a 

4 description of the assistance provided, including 

5 the date on which the assistance was provided. 

6 (d) ENHANCED TRACKING AND COORDINATION OF

7 FBI EFFORTS IN ADDRESSING CRIMES AGAINST CHIL8 DREN.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen11 eral shall submit a report to the appropriate com12 mittees of Congress, the Director of the Office of 

13 Management and Budget and the Domestic Policy 

14 Council that sets forth the proposed systems, proce15 dures and protocols developed and implemented in 

16 response to Chapter 3 of the Office of Inspector 

17 General’s Audit Report 09–08 (January 2009) enti18 tled ‘‘The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Efforts 

19 to Combat Crimes Against Children,’’ including any 

20 additional funding needs for development and imple21 mentation of the recommendations. 

22 (2) CONTENT.—If any recommendation pro23 posed in the Office of Inspector General’s Audit Re24 port 09–08 (January 2009) remains incomplete or 

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1 quired under paragraph (1) is prepared, the report 

2 shall describe— 

3 (A) the reasons that the remaining rec4 ommendation has not been implemented; or 

5 (B) a specific action plan for implementing 

6 or completing implementation of the remaining 

7 recommendation. 

8 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES.—In this sub9 section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con10 gress’’ means— 

11 (A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 

12 Committee on Appropriations, and the Com13 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen14 sions of the Senate; and 

15 (B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 

16 Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 

17 on Education and Labor, and the Committee on 

18 Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep19 resentatives. 

20 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney Gen22 eral— 

23 (1) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 

24 through 2016 for the Crimes Against Children Unit 

25 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with 


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1 $2,500,000 of such funds for the Child Abduction 

2 Rapid Deployment (CARD) program; and 

3 (2) $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 

4 through 2016 for the Child Abduction Response 

5 Teams (CART) program of the Office of Juvenile 

6 Justice and Delinquency Prevention for the purpose 

7 of providing training and technical assistance on 

8 child abductions to local law enforcement. 

9 SEC. 102. ENHANCED MONITORING FOR PAROLEES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 505 of title I of the Omni11 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

12 U.S.C. 3755) is amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(i) ENHANCED MONITORING FOR PAROLEES.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State receiving funds 

16 under this subpart shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) use not less than 7.5 percent of the 

18 total funds received under this subpart each fis19 cal year for the purpose of improving the parole 

20 system of the State by allocating— 

21 ‘‘(i) not less than 3.75 percent of the 

22 total funds received under this subpart to 

23 the State department of corrections or 

24 highest agency responsible for the parole 

25 system of the State; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) not less than 3.75 percent of the 

2 total funds received under this subpart to 

3 law enforcement or other agencies of a unit 

4 of local government or other unit of local 

5 government officials that are responsible 

6 for maintaining local corrections facilities 

7 and assisting with parole enforcement in 

8 the State; 

9 ‘‘(B) not later than 1 year after the date 

10 of enactment of the Violence Against Children 

11 Act of 2011, submit to the Attorney General a 

12 report in accordance with regulations which 

13 shall be promulgated by the Attorney General, 

14 that includes— 

15 ‘‘(i) statistics regarding the number of 

16 violations of parole and re-incarcerations in 

17 the State, including specific statistics for 

18 those convicted of a crime of violence 

19 against a child; 

20 ‘‘(ii) a description of any weaknesses 

21 of the parole system of the State; 

22 ‘‘(iii) the number of parolees who have 

23 committed a crime of violence against a 

24 child; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) the number of crimes of violence 

2 against children that have been committed 

3 by parolees during the last 5 full fiscal 

4 years before the date of the submission of 

5 the report; 

6 ‘‘(v) an action plan for improving the 

7 parole system of the State for individuals 

8 who have been convicted of a crime of vio9 lence against a child, including measurable 

10 criteria for improvement; and 

11 ‘‘(vi) any other information the Attor12 ney General determines necessary; 

13 ‘‘(C) not later than 1 year after the sub14 mission of the report under subparagraph (B), 

15 and annually thereafter, submit to the Attorney 

16 General an updated version of the report de17 scribed in subparagraph (B); 

18 ‘‘(D) take steps to ensure that the State is 

19 using the most up-to-date and effective tech20 nology in monitoring parolees who have been 

21 convicted of a crime of violence against a child; 

22 and 

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1 creased monitoring or longer periods of incar2 ceration, on a parolee who— 

3 ‘‘(i) has been convicted of a crime of 

4 violence against a child; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) violates the terms or conditions 

6 of the supervision of the parolee. 

7 ‘‘(2) FAILURE OF STATE TO COMPLY.—For any 

8 fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of 

9 the Violence Against Children Act of 2011, a State 

10 that fails to comply with the requirements under 

11 paragraph (1), as determined by the Attorney Gen12 eral, shall not receive 7.5 percent of the total funds 

13 that would otherwise be allocated to the State for 

14 the subsequent fiscal year under this subpart. 

15 ‘‘(3) CRIME OF VIOLENCE AGAINST A CHILD.— 

16 For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘crime of 

17 violence against a child’ means a crime of violence, 

18 as that term is defined in section 16 of title 18, 

19 United States Code, committed against an individual 

20 under 18 years of age. 

21 ‘‘(4) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A State 

22 receiving funds under this subsection shall use the 

23 funds to supplement and not supplant any additional 

24 funds received by the State to be used for parole 

25 corrections or law enforcement officials.’’. 


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1 (b) SUNSET.—Effective 5 years after the date of en2 actment of this Act, section 505 of title I of the Omnibus 

3 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

4 3755) is amended by striking subsection (i). 

5 TITLE II—GRANT PROGRAMS 

6 SEC. 201. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW 

7 ENFORCEMENT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall award 

9 grants to assist States, Indian tribal governments, and 

10 units of local government to develop and strengthen effec11 tive law enforcement and prosecution of crimes against 

12 children. 

13 (b) PURPOSES.—Grants provided under this section 

14 shall provide personnel, training, technical assistance, 

15 data collection, and other equipment for the more wide16 spread apprehension, prosecution, and adjudication of per17 sons committing crimes against children, and specifically, 

18 for the purposes of— 

19 (1) training law enforcement officers, prosecu20 tors, judges, and other court personnel to more ef21 fectively identify and respond to crimes against chil22 dren; 

23 (2) developing, training, or expanding units of 

24 law enforcement officers, prosecutors, or courts spe25 cifically targeting crimes against children; 


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1 (3) developing and implementing more effective 

2 police and prosecution policies, protocols, orders, and 

3 services specifically devoted to preventing, identi4 fying, and responding to crimes against children; 

5 (4) developing, installing, or expanding data 

6 collection and communication systems, including 

7 computerized systems, linking police, prosecutors, 

8 and courts for the purpose of identifying and track9 ing arrests, prosecutions, and convictions for crimes 

10 against children; 

11 (5) encouraging, developing, and strengthening 

12 programs, procedures, and policies that enhance 

13 cross-collaboration and cross-communication between 

14 law enforcement and child services agencies regard15 ing the care, treatment, and services for child vic16 tims; 

17 (6) developing, enlarging, or strengthening pro18 grams addressing the needs and circumstances of 

19 Indian tribes in dealing with crimes against children; 

20 and 

21 (7) developing, training, or expanding units of 

22 law enforcement officers, prosecutors, or courts to 

23 investigate and prosecute Internet crimes against 

24 children, including increased development and train25 ing in the use of forensic methods. 


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1 (c) APPLICATION.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State, Indian tribal 

3 government, or unit of local government that desires 

4 a grant under this section shall submit an applica5 tion to the Attorney General at such time, in such 

6 manner, and accompanied by or containing such in7 formation as the Attorney General shall reasonably 

8 require. 

9 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—A State, Indian tribal 

10 government, or unit of local government applying for 

11 a grant under this section shall— 

12 (A) describe— 

13 (i) the purposes for which the grant is 

14 needed; 

15 (ii) the intended use of the grant 

16 funds; and 

17 (iii) the expected results from the use 

18 of grant funds; 

19 (B) demonstrate that, in developing a plan 

20 to implement the grant, the State, Indian tribal 

21 government, or unit of local government has 

22 consulted and coordinated with nonprofit, non23 governmental victim services programs that 

24 have experience in providing services to victims 

25 of crimes against children; and 


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1 (C) certify that— 

2 (i) any Federal funds received under 

3 this section will be used to supplement, not 

4 supplant, non-Federal funds that would 

5 otherwise be available for activities funded 

6 under this section; and 

7 (ii) the State, the Indian tribal gov8 ernment, or the State in which the unit of 

9 local government is located is in compli10 ance with sections 301 and 302. 

11 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

12 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

13 $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 

14 2014. 

15 SEC. 202. EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND VICTIMS’ ASSIST16 ANCE GRANTS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall award 

18 grants to assist States, Indian tribal governments, units 

19 of local government, universities, and nongovernmental or20 ganizations to provide education, prevention, intervention, 

21 and victims’ assistance services regarding crimes against 

22 children. 

23 (b) PURPOSES.—Grants provided under this section 

24 shall be used to provide education, prevention, and inter25 vention services to prevent crimes against children and to 


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1 provide assistance to children, and the families of children, 

2 who are victims of crime, including— 

3 (1) educational seminars; 

4 (2) the operation of hotlines; 

5 (3) training programs for professionals; 

6 (4) the preparation of informational material 

7 for education and public awareness; 

8 (5) multidisciplinary training curricula at ac9 credited schools of law and undergraduate institu10 tions in order to provide a broad and comprehensive 

11 foundation for improved intervention and representa12 tion of abused and neglected children; 

13 (6) intervention services to prevent crimes 

14 against children; 

15 (7) other efforts to increase awareness of the 

16 facts about, or to help prevent, crimes against chil17 dren, including efforts to increase awareness in un18 derserved racial, ethnic, and language minority com19 munities; 

20 (8) emergency medical treatment for victims; 

21 (9) counseling to victims of crimes against chil22 dren and their families; and 

23 (10) increasing the supply of mental health pro24 fessionals specializing in the mental health of victims 

25 of crimes against children. 


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1 (c) APPLICATION.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State, Indian tribal 

3 government, unit of local government, or nongovern4 mental organization that desires a grant under this 

5 section shall submit an application to the Attorney 

6 General at such time, in such manner, and accom7 panied by or containing such information as the At8 torney General shall reasonably require. 

9 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—A State, Indian tribal 

10 government, unit of local government, or nongovern11 mental organization applying for a grant under this 

12 section shall— 

13 (A) describe— 

14 (i) the purposes for which the grant is 

15 needed; 

16 (ii) the intended use of the grant 

17 funds; and 

18 (iii) the expected results from the use 

19 of grant funds; 

20 (B) demonstrate that, in developing a plan 

21 to implement the grant— 

22 (i) in the case of a State, Indian tribal 

23 government, or unit of local government, 

24 that the State, Indian tribal government, 

25 or unit of local government has consulted 


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1 and coordinated with nonprofit, nongovern2 mental victim services programs that have 

3 experience in providing services to victims 

4 of crimes against children; and 

5 (ii) in the case of a nongovernmental 

6 organization, that the nongovernmental or7 ganization has experience in providing edu8 cation, prevention, or intervention services 

9 regarding crimes against children or has 

10 experience in providing services to victims 

11 of crimes against children; and 

12 (C) certify that— 

13 (i) any Federal funds received under 

14 this section will be used to supplement, not 

15 supplant, non-Federal funds that would 

16 otherwise be available for activities funded 

17 under this section, provided that the Attor18 ney General may waive such requirement 

19 for nongovernmental organizations in ex20 traordinary circumstances; and 

21 (ii) the State, the Indian tribal gov22 ernment, the State in which the unit of 

23 local government is located, or the State in 

24 which the nongovernmental organization 

25 will operate the activities funded under this 


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1 section is located, is in compliance with 

2 section 303. 

3 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

5 $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 

6 2015. 

7 TITLE III—NATIONWIDE 

8 PROGRAMS 

9 SEC. 301. IMPROVED STATISTICAL GATHERING. 

10 Each State receiving grants pursuant to title II shall 

11 use, or shall be in the process of testing or developing pro12 tocols to use, the National Incident-Based Reporting Sys13 tem. 

14 SEC. 302. IMPROVED CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES PRO15 GRAMS. 

16 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

17 of this Act, each State receiving an allotment for child wel18 fare services under subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the 

19 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 620 et seq.) shall submit 

20 to the Secretary of Health and Human Services a report 

21 detailing the State’s program funded under that subpart, 

22 including the process for maintaining records and 

23 verifying the well-being of the children under the State’s 

24 care. 


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1 SEC. 303. MODEL TRAINING AND CASELOAD STANDARDS. 

2 (a) DEVELOPMENT.— 

3 (1) MODEL CURRICULUM AND TRAINING

4 STANDARDS.—The Secretary of Health and Human 

5 Services, in conjunction with the Attorney General, 

6 shall develop model standards for curriculum and 

7 training for individuals who are guardians ad litem, 

8 court appointed special advocates, or attorneys ad 

9 litem, in child abuse and neglect cases (as defined in 

10 section 111 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

11 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g)). The Secretary 

12 of Health and Human Services shall design the 

13 standards to improve the quality of representation 

14 by, and uniformity of practices of, such individuals, 

15 throughout the United States. 

16 (2) CASELOAD STANDARDS.—The Secretary of 

17 Health and Human Services, after consulting with 

18 the Attorney General, shall develop caseload stand19 ards for the individuals described in paragraph (1). 

20 (b) DISSEMINATION.—Not later than 18 months 

21 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

22 Health and Human Services shall disseminate the stand23 ards developed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection 

24 (a) to State child welfare agencies receiving assistance 

25 under subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the Social Security 

26 Act (42 U.S.C. 620 et seq.). 


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1 TITLE IV—MYNISHA’S LAW 

2 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This title may be cited as ‘‘Mynisha’s Law’’. 

4 SEC. 402. DESIGNATION AS A HIGH INTENSITY GANG ACTIV5 ITY AREA. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—A unit of local government, city, 

7 county, tribal government, or a group of counties (whether 

8 located in 1 or more States) may submit an application 

9 to the Attorney General for designation as a High Inten10 sity Gang Activity Area. 

11 (b) CRITERIA.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

13 establish criteria for reviewing applications sub14 mitted under subsection (a). 

15 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing criteria 

16 under subsection (a) and evaluating an application 

17 for designation as a High Intensity Gang Activity 

18 Area, the Attorney General shall consider— 

19 (A) the current and predicted levels of 

20 gang crime activity in the area; 

21 (B) the extent to which violent crime in 

22 the area appears to be related to criminal gang 

23 activity; 

24 (C) the extent to which the area is already 

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1 garding, and coordination of, gang prevention 

2 activities; and 

3 (D) such other criteria as the Attorney 

4 General determines to be appropriate. 

5 SEC. 403. PURPOSE OF THE TASK FORCE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to coordinate Federal as7 sistance to High Intensity Gang Activity Areas, the Attor8 ney General shall establish an Interagency Gang Preven9 tion Task Force (in this title referred to as the ‘‘Task 

10 Force’’) in each such area, consisting of a representative 

11 from— 

12 (1) the Department of Justice; 

13 (2) the Department of Education; 

14 (3) the Department of Labor; 

15 (4) the Department of Health and Human 

16 Services; and 

17 (5) the Department of Housing and Urban De18 velopment. 

19 (b) COORDINATION.—For each High Intensity Gang 

20 Activity Area designated by the Attorney General under 

21 section 403, the Task Force shall— 

22 (1) coordinate the activities of the Federal Gov23 ernment to create a comprehensive gang prevention 

24 response, focusing on early childhood intervention, 

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1 community policing, and comprehensive community2 based programs such as Operation Cease Fire; and 

3 (2) coordinate its efforts with local and regional 

4 gang prevention efforts. 

5 (c) PROGRAMS.—Each Task Force shall prioritize the 

6 needs of a High Intensity Gang Activity Area for funding 

7 under— 

8 (1) the Child Care and Development Block 

9 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.); 

10 (2) the Even Start programs under subpart 3 

11 of part B of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

12 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6381 et seq.); 

13 (3) the Healthy Start Initiative under section 

14 330H of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 254c–8); 

16 (4) the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et 

17 seq.); 

18 (5) the 21st Century Community Learning Cen19 ters program under part B of title IV of the Ele20 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

21 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.); 

22 (6) the Job Corps program under subtitle C of 

23 title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

24 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.); 


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1 (7) the community development block grant 

2 program under title I of the Housing and Commu3 nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 

4 seq.); 

5 (8) the Gang Resistance Education and Train6 ing projects under subtitle X of title III of the Vio7 lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 

8 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13921); 

9 (9) any program administered by the Office of 

10 Community Oriented Policing Services; 

11 (10) the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant 

12 program under part R of title I of the Omnibus 

13 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

14 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.); 

15 (11) the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice As16 sistance Grant Program under subpart 1 of part E 

17 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

18 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.); and 

19 (12) any other program that the Task Force 

20 determines to be appropriate. 

21 (d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 (1) ANNUAL TASK FORCE REPORTS TO AG.— 

23 Not later than September 1 of each year, each Task 

24 Force shall submit to the Attorney General a report 

25 on the funding needs and programmatic outcomes 


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1 for each area designated as a High Intensity Gang 

2 Activity Area. 

3 (2) ANNUAL AG REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not 

4 later than December 1 of each year, the Attorney 

5 General shall submit a report to the appropriate 

6 committees of Congress and the Director of the Of7 fice of Management and Budget and the Domestic 

8 Policy Council that describes, for each designated 

9 High Intensity Gang Activity Area— 

10 (A) the specific long-term and short-term 

11 goals and objectives of each such area; 

12 (B) the measurements used to evaluate the 

13 performance of the High Intensity Gang Activ14 ity Area in achieving the long-term and short15 term goals described under subparagraph (A); 

16 (C) the age, composition, and membership 

17 of gangs in each such area; 

18 (D) the number and nature of crimes com19 mitted by gangs and gang members in each 

20 such area; 

21 (E) the definition of the term ‘‘gang’’ used 

22 to compile the information required under this 

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1 (F) the programmatic outcomes and fund2 ing need of each High Intensity Gang Activity 

3 Area, including— 

4 (i) an evidence-based analysis of the 

5 best practices and outcomes from the work 

6 of the relevant local collaborative working 

7 group; and 

8 (ii) an analysis of whether Federal re9 sources distributed meet the needs of the 

10 High Intensity Gang Activity Area and, if 

11 any programmatic funding shortfalls exist, 

12 recommendations for programs or funding 

13 to meet such shortfalls. 

14 SEC. 404. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

16 as are necessary to meet any needs identified by the Attor17 ney General or in any report submitted under section 

18 403(d)(2). 

19 TITLE V—SCHOOL SAFETY 

20 ENHANCEMENTS 

21 SEC. 501. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 

22 Section 2701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

23 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (b)— 

25 (A) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘Placement’’ and in2 serting ‘‘Installation’’; and 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘surveillance equip4 ment,’’ after ‘‘detectors,’’; 

5 (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

6 paragraph (6); and 

7 (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(5) Establishment of hotlines or tiplines for 

10 the reporting of potentially dangerous students and 

11 situations.’’; 

12 (2) by striking subsection (d)(1) and inserting 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) The Federal share of the costs of a pro15 gram provided by a grant under subsection (a) shall 

16 be not more than 80 percent of the total of such 

17 costs.’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.—Not later than 60 

20 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the 

21 Director and the Secretary of Education, or the designee 

22 of the Secretary, shall establish an interagency task force 

23 to develop and promulgate a set of advisory school safety 

24 guidelines. The advisory school safety guidelines shall be 

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1 after such date of enactment. In developing the final advi2 sory school safety guidelines, the interagency task force 

3 shall consult with stakeholders and interested parties, in4 cluding parents, teachers, and agencies.’’. 

5 SEC. 502. APPLICATIONS. 

6 Section 2702(a)(2) of the Omnibus Crime Control 

7 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797b(a)(2)) is 

8 amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(2) be accompanied by a report— 

10 ‘‘(A) signed by the heads of each law en11 forcement agency and school district with juris12 diction over the schools where the safety im13 provements will be implemented; and 

14 ‘‘(B) demonstrating that each proposed use 

15 of the grant funds will be— 

16 ‘‘(i) an effective means for improving 

17 the safety of 1 or more schools; 

18 ‘‘(ii) consistent with a comprehensive 

19 approach to preventing school violence; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) individualized to the needs of 

21 each school at which those improvements 

22 are to be made.’’. 


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1 SEC. 503. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 Section 2705 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

3 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amended by 

4 striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 

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