I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2857 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to reduce violent gang crime and 
protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2009 
Mr. FORBES (for himself, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. FRANKS 
of Arizona, and Mr. WOLF) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to reduce violent 
gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and commu-
nities from violent criminals, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gang Deterrence and 
Community Protection Act of 2009’’. 
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TITLE 
I—CRIMINAL 
LAW 
RE-
FORMS AND ENHANCED PEN-
ALTIES TO DETER AND PUN-
ISH ILLEGAL STREET GANG 
ACTIVITY 
AND 
RELATED 
CRIMINAL LAW REFORMS 
SEC. 101. REVISION AND EXTENSION OF PENALTIES RE-
LATED TO CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIV-
ITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 26 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 26—CRIMINAL STREET GANGS 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘521. Criminal street gang prosecutions. 
‘‘§ 521. Criminal street gang prosecutions 
‘‘(a) STREET GANG CRIME.—Whoever commits, or 
conspires, threatens or attempts to commit, a gang crime 
for the purpose of furthering the activities of a criminal 
street gang, or gaining entrance to or maintaining or in-
creasing position in such a gang, shall, in addition to being 
subject to a fine under this title— 
‘‘(1) if the gang crime results in the death of 
any person, be sentenced to death or life in prison; 
‘‘(2) if the gang crime is kidnapping, aggra-
vated sexual abuse, or maiming, be imprisoned for 
life or any term of years not less than 30; 
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‘‘(3) if the gang crime is assault resulting in se-
rious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365), be 
imprisoned for life or any term of years not less 
than 20; and 
‘‘(4) in any other case, be imprisoned for life or 
for any term of years not less than 10. 
‘‘(b) FORFEITURE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The court, in imposing sen-
tence on any person convicted of a violation of this 
section, shall order, in addition to any other sen-
tence imposed and irrespective of any provision of 
State law, that such person shall forfeit to the 
United States such person’s interest in— 
‘‘(A) any property used, or intended to be 
used, in any manner or part, to commit, or to 
facilitate the commission of, the violation; and 
‘‘(B) any property constituting, or derived 
from, any proceeds the person obtained, directly 
or indirectly, as a result of the violation. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION
OF
CONTROLLED
SUB-
STANCES ACT.—Subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), 
(h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), and (p) of section 
413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
853) shall apply to a forfeiture under this section as 
though it were a forfeiture under that section. 
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‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—The following definitions apply 
in this section: 
‘‘(1) CRIMINAL
STREET
GANG.—The term 
‘criminal street gang’ means a formal or informal 
group or association of 3 or more individuals, who 
commit 2 or more gang crimes (one of which is a 
crime of violence other than an offense punishable 
under subparagraphs (A), (B), or (C) of section 
401(b)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act), in 2 or 
more separate criminal episodes, in relation to the 
group or association, if any of the activities of the 
criminal street gang affects interstate or foreign 
commerce. 
‘‘(2) GANG
CRIME.—The term ‘gang crime’ 
means conduct constituting any Federal or State 
crime, punishable by imprisonment for more than 
one year, in any of the following categories: 
‘‘(A) A crime of violence. 
‘‘(B) A crime involving obstruction of jus-
tice, tampering with or retaliating against a 
witness, victim, or informant, or burglary. 
‘‘(C) A crime involving the manufacturing, 
importing, distributing, possessing with intent 
to distribute, or otherwise dealing in a con-
trolled substance or listed chemical (as those 
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terms are defined in section 102 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)). 
‘‘(D) Any conduct punishable under sec-
tion 844 (relating to explosive materials), sub-
section (a)(1), (d), (g)(1) (where the underlying 
conviction is a violent felony (as defined in sec-
tion 924(e)(2)(B) of this title) or is a serious 
drug 
offense 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
924(e)(2)(A))), (g)(2), (g)(3), (g)(4), (g)(5), 
(g)(8), (g)(9), (i), (j), (k), (n), (o), (p), (q), (u), 
or (x) of section 922 (relating to unlawful acts), 
or subsection (b), (c), (g), (h), (k), (l), (m), or 
(n) of section 924 (relating to penalties), sec-
tion 930 (relating to possession of firearms and 
dangerous weapons in Federal facilities), sec-
tion 931 (relating to purchase, ownership, or 
possession of body armor by violent felons), sec-
tions 1028 and 1029 (relating to fraud and re-
lated activity in connection with identification 
documents or access devices), section 1952 (re-
lating to interstate and foreign travel or trans-
portation in aid of racketeering enterprises), 
section 1956 (relating to the laundering of 
monetary instruments), section 1957 (relating 
to engaging in monetary transactions in prop-
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erty derived from specified unlawful activity), or 
sections 2312 through 2315 (relating to inter-
state transportation of stolen motor vehicles or 
stolen property). 
‘‘(E) Any conduct punishable under section 
274 (relating to bringing in and harboring cer-
tain aliens), section 277 (relating to aiding or 
assisting certain aliens to enter the United 
States), or section 278 (relating to importation 
of alien for immoral purpose) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act. 
‘‘(3) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE.—The term 
‘aggravated sexual abuse’ means an offense that, if 
committed in the special maritime and territorial ju-
risdiction would be an offense under section 2241(a). 
‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or 
possession of the United States.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT RELATING TO PRIORITY OF FOR-
FEITURE OVER ORDERS
FOR RESTITUTION.—Section 
3663(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘chapter 46 or chapter 96 of this title’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 521, under chapter 46 or 96,’’. 
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(c) MONEY LAUNDERING.—Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, 
section 521 (relating to criminal street gang prosecu-
tions)’’ before ‘‘, section 541’’. 
SEC. 102. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR INTERSTATE AND 
FOREIGN TRAVEL OR TRANSPORTATION IN 
AID OF RACKETEERING. 
(a) SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO OFFENSE.—Section 
1952(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) so that the heading for the section reads as 
follows: 
‘‘§ 1952. Interstate or foreign commerce-related aid to 
racketeering’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘travels’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘intent to’’ and inserting ‘‘, in or affecting 
interstate or foreign commerce’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘(1) distribute’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A) distributes’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘(2) commit’’ and inserting 
‘‘(B) commits’’; 
(6) by striking ‘‘(3) otherwise promote, manage, 
establish, carry on, or facilitate’’ and inserting ‘‘(C) 
otherwise promotes, manages, establishes, carries on, 
or facilitates’’; and 
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(7) by striking ‘‘and thereafter’’ and all that 
follows through the end of the subsection and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished as 
provided in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) The punishment for an offense under this sub-
section is— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a violation of subparagraph 
(A) or (C) of paragraph (1), a fine under this title 
and imprisonment for not less than 5 nor more than 
20 years; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of a violation of subparagraph 
(B) of paragraph (1), a fine under this title and im-
prisonment for not less than 10 nor more than 30 
years, but if death results the offender shall be sen-
tenced to death, or to imprisonment for any term of 
years or for life.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to 
section 1952 in the table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 95 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘1952. Interstate or foreign commerce-related aid to racketeering.’’. 
SEC. 103. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO VIOLENT CRIME. 
(a) CARJACKING.—Section 2119 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘, with the intent to cause death 
or serious bodily harm’’ in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1); 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or conspires’’ after ‘‘at-
tempts’’ in the matter preceding paragraph (1); 
(3) by striking ‘‘15’’ and inserting ‘‘20’’ in 
paragraph (1); and 
(4) by striking ‘‘or imprisoned not more than 
25 years, or both’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisoned 
not less than 10 years nor more than 30 years’’ in 
paragraph (2). 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF ILLEGAL GUN TRANSFERS TO 
COMMIT DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME OR CRIMES OF VIO-
LENCE.—Section 924(h) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(h) Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign 
commerce, knowingly transfers a firearm, knowing or in-
tending that the firearm will be used to commit, or pos-
sessed in furtherance of, a crime of violence or drug traf-
ficking crime, shall be fined under this title and impris-
oned not less than 5 years nor more than 20 years.’’. 
(c) AMENDMENT OF SPECIAL SENTENCING PROVI-
SION RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON CRIMINAL ASSOCIA-
TION.—Section 3582(d) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
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(1) by inserting ‘‘section 521 (criminal street 
gang prosecutions), in’’ after ‘‘felony set forth in’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘specified person, other than his 
attorney, upon’’ and inserting ‘‘specified person 
upon’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘a criminal street gang or’’ be-
fore ‘‘an illegal enterprise’’. 
(d) CONSPIRACY PENALTY.—Section 371 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘five’’ and 
inserting ‘‘20’’. 
SEC. 104. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR USE OF INTERSTATE 
COMMERCE FACILITIES IN THE COMMISSION 
OF MURDER-FOR-HIRE AND OTHER FELONY 
CRIMES OF VIOLENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1958 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘§ 1958. Use of interstate commerce facilities in the 
commission of murder-for-hire and other 
felony crimes of violence’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or other 
crime of violence, punishable by imprisonment for 
more than one year,’’ after ‘‘intent that a murder’’; 
and 
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(3) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘shall be 
fined’’ the first place it appears and all that follows 
through the end of such subsection and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘shall, in addition to being subject to a fine under this 
title— 
‘‘(1) if the crime of violence or conspiracy re-
sults in the death of any person, be sentenced to 
death or life in prison; 
‘‘(2) if the crime of violence is kidnapping, ag-
gravated sexual abuse (as defined in section 521), or 
maiming, or a conspiracy to commit such a crime of 
violence, be imprisoned for life or any term of years 
not less than 30; 
‘‘(3) if the crime of violence is an assault, or a 
conspiracy to assault, that results in serious bodily 
injury (as defined in section 1365), be imprisoned 
for life or any term of years not less than 20; and 
‘‘(4) in any other case, be imprisoned for life or 
for any term of years not less than 10.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to 
section 1958 in the table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 95 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘1958. Use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for- 
hire and other felony crimes of violence.’’. 
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SEC. 105. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR VIOLENT CRIMES IN 
AID OF RACKETEERING ACTIVITY. 
(a) OFFENSE.—Section 1959(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) Whoever commits, or conspires, threatens, or at-
tempts to commit, a crime of violence for the purpose of 
furthering the activities of an enterprise engaged in rack-
eteering activity, or for the purpose of gaining entrance 
to or maintaining or increasing position in, such an enter-
prise, shall, unless the death penalty is otherwise imposed, 
in addition and consecutive to the punishment provided 
for any other violation of this chapter and in addition to 
being subject to a fine under this title— 
‘‘(1) if the crime of violence results in the death 
of any person, be sentenced to death or life in pris-
on; 
‘‘(2) if the crime of violence is kidnapping, ag-
gravated sexual abuse (as defined in section 521), or 
maiming, be imprisoned for life or any term of years 
not less than 30; 
‘‘(3) if the crime of violence is assault resulting 
in serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365), 
be imprisoned for life or for any term of years not 
less than 20; and 
‘‘(4) in any other case, be imprisoned for life or 
for any term of years not less than 10.’’. 
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(b) VENUE.—Section 1959 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) A prosecution for a violation of this section may 
be brought in— 
‘‘(1) the judicial district in which the crime of 
violence occurred; or 
‘‘(2) any judicial district in which racketeering 
activity of the enterprise occurred.’’. 
SEC. 106. MURDER AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES COM-
MITTED DURING AND IN RELATION TO A 
DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘MURDER
AND
OTHER
VIOLENT
CRIMES
COMMITTED 
DURING AND IN RELATION TO A DRUG TRAFFICKING 
CRIME 
‘‘SEC. 424. (a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever commits, or 
conspires, or attempts to commit, a crime of violence dur-
ing and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, shall, un-
less the death penalty is otherwise imposed, in addition 
and consecutive to the punishment provided for the drug 
trafficking crime and in addition to being subject to a fine 
under this title— 
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‘‘(1) if the crime of violence results in the death 
of any person, be sentenced to death or life in pris-
on; 
‘‘(2) if the crime of violence is kidnapping, ag-
gravated sexual abuse (as defined in section 521), or 
maiming, be imprisoned for life or any term of years 
not less than 30; 
‘‘(3) if the crime of violence is assault resulting 
in serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365), 
be imprisoned for life or any term of years not less 
than 20; and 
‘‘(4) in any other case, be imprisoned for life or 
for any term of years not less than 10. 
‘‘(b) VENUE.—A prosecution for a violation of this 
section may be brought in— 
‘‘(1) the judicial district in which the murder or 
other crime of violence occurred; or 
‘‘(2) any judicial district in which the drug traf-
ficking crime may be prosecuted. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘crime of violence’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 16 of title 18, United 
States Code; and 
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‘‘(2) the term ‘drug trafficking crime’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 924(c)(2) of title 
18, United States Code.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Con-
trol Act of 1970 is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 423, the following: 
‘‘Sec. 424. Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation 
to a drug trafficking crime.’’. 
SEC. 107. MULTIPLE INTERSTATE MURDER. 
(a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 51 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 1123. Use of interstate commerce facilities in the 
commission of multiple murder 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever travels in or causes an-
other (including the intended victim) to travel in interstate 
or foreign commerce, or uses or causes another (including 
the intended victim) to use the mail or any facility of inter-
state or foreign commerce, or who conspires or attempts 
to do so, with intent that 2 or more intentional homicides 
be committed in violation of the laws of any State or the 
United States shall, in addition to being subject to a fine 
under this title— 
‘‘(1) if the offense results in the death of any 
person, be sentenced to death or life in prison; 
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‘‘(2) if the offense results is assault resulting in 
serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365), be 
imprisoned for life or any term of years not less 
than 20; and 
‘‘(3) in any other case, be imprisoned for life or 
for any term of years not less than 10. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession 
of the United States.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 51 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘1123. Use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of multiple mur-
der.’’. 
SEC. 108. ADDITIONAL RACKETEERING ACTIVITY. 
Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or 
would have been so chargeable if the act or threat 
had not been committed in Indian country (as de-
fined in section 1151) or in any other area of exclu-
sive Federal jurisdiction,’’ after ‘‘chargeable under 
State law’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘section 
1123 (relating to interstate murder),’’ after ‘‘section 
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1084 (relating to the transmission of gambling in-
formation),’’. 
SEC. 109. EXPANSION OF REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION 
AGAINST RELEASE OF PERSONS CHARGED 
WITH FIREARMS OFFENSES. 
Section 3142 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (e), in the matter following 
paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘an offense under sub-
section (g)(1) (where the underlying conviction is a 
drug trafficking crime (as defined in section 
924(c))), (g)(2), (g)(4), (g)(5), (g)(8), or (g)(9) of 
section 922, or a crime of violence,’’ after ‘‘that the 
person committed’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g), by amending paragraph 
(1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) the nature and circumstances of the of-
fense charged, including whether the offense is a 
crime of violence, or involves a controlled substance, 
firearm, explosive, or destructive devise;’’. 
SEC. 110. VENUE IN CAPITAL CASES. 
Section 3235 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 3235. Venue in capital cases 
‘‘(a) The trial for any offense punishable by death 
shall be held in the district where the offense was com-
mitted or in any district in which the offense began, con-
tinued, or was completed. 
‘‘(b) If the offense, or related conduct, under sub-
section (a) involves activities which affect interstate or for-
eign commerce, or the importation of an object or person 
into the United States, such offense may be prosecuted 
in any district in which those activities occurred.’’. 
SEC. 111. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR VIOLENT CRIME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 213 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 3298. Violent crime offenses 
‘‘No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished 
for any noncapital felony, crime of violence, including any 
racketeering activity or gang crime which involves any 
crime of violence, unless the indictment is found or the 
information is instituted not later than 15 years after the 
date on which the alleged violation occurred or the con-
tinuing offense was completed.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 213 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘3298. Violent crime offenses.’’. 
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SEC. 112. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF CRIME OF VIO-
LENCE. 
Section 16(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) any other offense that is an offense pun-
ishable by imprisonment for more than one year and 
that, by its nature, involves a substantial risk that 
physical force may be used against the person or 
property of another, or is an offense punishable 
under subparagraphs (A), (B), or (C) of section 
401(b)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act.’’. 
SEC. 113. CLARIFICATION TO HEARSAY EXCEPTION FOR 
FORFEITURE BY WRONGDOING. 
Rule 804(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Evidence is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) FORFEITURE BY WRONGDOING.—A state-
ment offered against a party who has engaged or ac-
quiesced in wrongdoing, or who could reasonably 
foresee such wrongdoing would take place, if the 
wrongdoing was intended to, and did, procure the 
unavailability of the declarant as a witness.’’. 
SEC. 114. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR CRIMINAL USE OF 
FIREARMS IN CRIMES OF VIOLENCE AND 
DRUG TRAFFICKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 924(c) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
conspires to commit any of the above acts, 
shall, for each instance in which the firearm is 
used, carried, or possessed’’; 
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘7 years’’; and 
(C) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(ii) if the firearm is discharged, be sen-
tenced to a term of imprisonment of not less 
than 15 years; and 
‘‘(iii) if the firearm is used to wound, in-
jure, or maim another person, be sentenced to 
a term of imprisonment of not less than 20 
years.’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 924 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection 
(o). 
SEC. 115. TRANSFER OF JUVENILES. 
The 4th undesignated paragraph of section 5032 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘A juvenile’’ where it appears at 
the beginning of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘Ex-
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cept as otherwise provided in this chapter, a juve-
nile’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘as an adult, except that, with’’ 
and inserting ‘‘as an adult. With’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘However, a juvenile’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘criminal prosecution.’’ at the 
end of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘The Attorney 
General may prosecute as an adult a juvenile who is 
alleged to have committed an act after that juve-
nile’s 16th birthday which if committed by an adult 
would be a crime of violence that is a felony, an of-
fense described in subsection (d), (i), (j), (k), (o), 
(p), (q), (u), or (x) of section 922 (relating to unlaw-
ful acts), or subsection (b), (c), (g), (h), (k), (l), (m), 
or (n) of section 924 (relating to penalties), section 
930 (relating to possession of firearms and dan-
gerous weapons in Federal facilities), or section 931 
(relating to purchase, ownership, or possession of 
body armor by violent felons). The decision whether 
or not to prosecute a juvenile as an adult under the 
immediately preceding sentence is not subject to ju-
dicial review in any court. In a prosecution under 
that sentence, the juvenile may be prosecuted and 
convicted as an adult for any other offense which is 
properly joined under the Federal Rules of Criminal 
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Procedure, and may also be convicted as an adult of 
any lesser included offense.’’. 
TITLE II—INCREASED FEDERAL 
RESOURCES TO DETER AND 
PREVENT 
AT-RISK 
YOUTH 
FROM 
JOINING 
ILLEGAL 
STREET GANGS 
SEC. 201. DESIGNATION OF AND ASSISTANCE FOR ‘‘HIGH IN-
TENSITY’’ 
INTERSTATE 
GANG 
ACTIVITY 
AREAS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the following defi-
nitions shall apply: 
(1) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 
a Governor of a State or the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia. 
(2) HIGH INTENSITY INTERSTATE GANG ACTIV-
ITY
AREA.—The term ‘‘high intensity interstate 
gang activity area’’ means an area within a State 
that is designated as a high intensity interstate gang 
activity area under subsection (b)(1). 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State 
of the United States, the District of Columbia, and 
any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 
United States. 
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(b) HIGH INTENSITY INTERSTATE GANG ACTIVITY 
AREAS.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—The Attorney General, 
after consultation with the Governors of appropriate 
States, may designate as high intensity interstate 
gang activity areas, specific areas that are located 
within 1 or more States. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—In order to provide Federal 
assistance to high intensity interstate gang activity 
areas, the Attorney General shall— 
(A) establish criminal street gang enforce-
ment teams, consisting of Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement authorities, for the co-
ordinated investigation, disruption, apprehen-
sion, and prosecution of criminal street gangs 
and offenders in each high intensity interstate 
gang activity area; 
(B) direct the reassignment or detailing 
from any Federal department or agency (sub-
ject to the approval of the head of that depart-
ment or agency, in the case of a department or 
agency other than the Department of Justice) 
of personnel to each criminal street gang en-
forcement team; 
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(C) provide all necessary funding for the 
operation of the criminal street gang enforce-
ment team in each high intensity interstate 
gang activity area; and 
(D) provide all necessary funding for na-
tional and regional meetings of criminal street 
gang enforcement teams, and all other related 
organizations, as needed, to ensure effective op-
eration of such teams through the sharing of 
intelligence, best practices and for any other re-
lated purpose. 
(3) COMPOSITION OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG 
ENFORCEMENT TEAM.—The team established pursu-
ant to paragraph (2)(A) shall consist of agents and 
officers, where feasible, from— 
(A) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
(B) the Drug Enforcement Administration; 
(C) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms, and Explosives; 
(D) the United States Marshals Service; 
(E) the Directorate of Border and Trans-
portation Security of the Department of Home-
land Security; 
(F) the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; 
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(G) State and local law enforcement; and 
(H) Federal, State, and local prosecutors. 
(4) CRITERIA
FOR
DESIGNATION.—In consid-
ering an area for designation as a high intensity 
interstate gang activity area under this section, the 
Attorney General shall consider— 
(A) the current and predicted levels of 
gang crime activity in the area; 
(B) the extent to which violent crime in 
the area appears to be related to criminal street 
gang activity, such as drug trafficking, murder, 
robbery, assaults, carjacking, arson, kidnap-
ping, extortion, and other criminal activity; 
(C) the extent to which State and local law 
enforcement agencies have committed resources 
to— 
(i) respond to the gang crime prob-
lem; and 
(ii) participate in a gang enforcement 
team; 
(D) the extent to which a significant in-
crease in the allocation of Federal resources 
would enhance local response to the gang crime 
activities in the area; and 
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(E) any other criteria that the Attorney 
General considers to be appropriate. 
(c) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEYS.—The 
Attorney General is authorized to hire 94 additional As-
sistant United States attorneys to carry out the provisions 
of this section. Each attorney hired under this subsection 
shall be assigned to a high intensity interstate gang activ-
ity area. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated— 
(1) $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2010 through 2014 to carry out subsection (b); and 
(2) $7,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 
through 2014 to carry out subsection (c). 
SEC. 202. GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL PROSECUTORS TO 
COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME AND TO PROTECT 
WITNESSES AND VICTIMS OF CRIMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31702 of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13862) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(5) to hire additional prosecutors to— 
‘‘(A) allow more cases to be prosecuted; 
and 
‘‘(B) reduce backlogs; 
‘‘(6) to fund technology, equipment, and train-
ing for prosecutors and law enforcement in order to 
increase accurate identification of gang members 
and violent offenders, and to maintain databases 
with such information to facilitate coordination 
among law enforcement and prosecutors; and 
‘‘(7) to fund technology, equipment, and train-
ing for prosecutors to increase the accurate identi-
fication and successful prosecution of young violent 
offenders.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
31707 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13867) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 31707. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 
2014 to carry out this subtitle.’’. 
Æ 
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