SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gang Prevention, 
Intervention, and Suppression Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Findings. 
TITLE I—NEW FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAWS NEEDED TO FIGHT 
VIOLENT NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL 
GANGS THAT AFFECT INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE 
Sec. 101. Revision and extension of penalties related to criminal street gang ac-
tivity. 
TITLE II—VIOLENT CRIME REFORMS TO REDUCE GANG 
VIOLENCE 
Sec. 201. Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation to 
a drug trafficking crime. 
Sec. 202. Expansion of rebuttable presumption against release of persons 
charged with firearms offenses. 
Sec. 203. Statute of limitations for violent crimes and terrorism offenses. 
Sec. 204. Study of hearsay exception for forfeiture by wrongdoing. 
Sec. 205. Possession of firearms by dangerous felons. 
Sec. 206. Conforming amendment. 
Sec. 207. Amendments relating to violent crime. 
Sec. 208. Publicity campaign about new criminal penalties and gang-related 
outreach. 
Sec. 209. Predicate crimes for authorization of interception of wire, oral, and 
electronic communications. 
Sec. 210. Clarification of Hobbs Act. 
Sec. 211. Making personal information about certain witnesses and informants 
publicly available with unlawful intent. 
Sec. 212. Prohibition on firearms possession based on valid gang injunction and 
conviction for gang-related misdemeanor. 
Sec. 213. Granting the Attorney General the authority to deny the sale, deliv-
ery, or transfer of a firearm or the issuance of a firearms or 
explosives license or permit to dangerous terrorists. 
Sec. 214. Amendment of sentencing guidelines. 
TITLE III—INCREASED FEDERAL RESOURCES TO DETER AND 
PREVENT SERIOUSLY AT-RISK YOUTH FROM JOINING ILLEGAL 
STREET GANGS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Sec. 301. Designation of and assistance for high intensity gang activity areas. 
Sec. 302. Gang prevention grants. 
Sec. 303. Enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative to improve en-
forcement of criminal laws against violent gangs. 
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Sec. 304. Additional resources needed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
to investigate and prosecute violent criminal street gangs. 
Sec. 305. Grants to prosecutors and law enforcement to combat violent crime. 
Sec. 306. Short-Term State Witness Protection Section. 
Sec. 307. Witness protection services. 
Sec. 308. Expansion of Federal witness relocation and protection program. 
Sec. 309. Family abduction prevention grant program. 
Sec. 310. Study on adolescent development and sentences in the Federal sys-
tem. 
TITLE IV—RESOURCES TO STRENGTHEN EMPLOYMENT AND 
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR FORMER OFFENDERS 
Sec. 401. Grants to assist juvenile offender reintegration projects. 
Sec. 402. Employment and education grants to assist in reducing recidivism. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) violent crime and drug trafficking are per-
vasive problems at the national, State, and local 
level; 
(2) according to recent Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, Uniform Crime Reports, violent crime in 
the United States is on the rise, with a 2.3 percent 
increase in violent crime in 2005 (the largest in-
crease in the United States in 15 years) and an even 
larger 3.7 percent jump during the first 6 months 
of 2006, and the Police Executive Research Forum 
reports that, among jurisdictions providing informa-
tion, homicides are up 10.21 percent, robberies are 
up 12.27 percent, and aggravated assaults with fire-
arms are up 9.98 percent since 2004; 
(3) these disturbing rises in violent crime are 
attributable in part to the spread of criminal street 
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gangs and the willingness of gang members to com-
mit acts of violence and drug trafficking offenses; 
(4) according to a recent National Drug Threat 
Assessment, criminal street gangs are responsible for 
much of the retail distribution of the cocaine, meth-
amphetamine, heroin, and other illegal drugs being 
distributed in rural and urban communities through-
out the United States; 
(5) gangs commit acts of violence or drug of-
fenses for numerous motives, such as membership in 
or loyalty to the gang, for protecting gang territory, 
and for profit; 
(6) gang presence and intimidation, and the or-
ganized and repetitive nature of the crimes that 
gangs and gang members commit, has a pernicious 
effect on the free flow of interstate commercial ac-
tivities and directly affects the freedom and security 
of communities plagued by gang activity, dimin-
ishing the value of property, inhibiting the desire of 
national and multinational corporations to transact 
business in those communities, and in a variety of 
ways directly and substantially affecting interstate 
and foreign commerce; 
(7) gangs often recruit and utilize minors to en-
gage in acts of violence and other serious offenses 
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out of a belief that the criminal justice systems are 
more lenient on juvenile offenders; 
(8) gangs often intimidate and threaten wit-
nesses to prevent successful prosecutions; 
(9) gangs prey upon and incorporate minors 
into their ranks, exploiting the fact that adolescents 
have immature decision-making capacity, therefore, 
gang activity and recruitment can be reduced and 
deterred through increased vigilance, appropriate 
criminal penalties, partnerships between Federal and 
State and local law enforcement, and proactive pre-
vention and intervention efforts, particularly tar-
geted at juveniles and young adults, prior to and 
even during gang involvement; 
(10) State and local prosecutors and law en-
forcement officers have enlisted the help of Congress 
in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of 
gang crimes and in the protection of witnesses and 
victims of gang crimes; and 
(11) because State and local prosecutors and 
law enforcement have the expertise, experience, and 
connection to the community that is needed to assist 
in combating gang violence, consultation and coordi-
nation between Federal, State, and local law enforce-
ment and collaboration with other community agen-
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cies is critical to the successful prosecutions of 
criminal street gangs and reduction of gang prob-
lems. 
TITLE I—NEW FEDERAL CRIMI-
NAL LAWS NEEDED TO FIGHT 
VIOLENT NATIONAL, INTER-
NATIONAL, 
REGIONAL, 
AND 
LOCAL GANGS THAT AFFECT 
INTERSTATE 
AND 
FOREIGN 
COMMERCE 
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. Definitions. 
‘‘522. Criminal street gang prosecutions. 
‘‘523. Recruitment of persons to participate in a criminal street gang. 
‘‘524. Forfeiture. 
‘‘§ 521. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) CRIMINAL
STREET
GANG.—The term 
‘criminal street gang’ means a formal or informal 
group, organization, or association of 5 or more indi-
viduals— 
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‘‘(B) A crime involving obstruction of jus-
tice, or tampering with or retaliating against a 
witness, victim, or informant. 
‘‘(C) A crime involving the manufacturing, 
importing, distributing, possessing with intent 
to distribute, or otherwise trafficking in a con-
trolled substance or listed chemical (as those 
terms are defined in section 102 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)). 
‘‘(D) Any conduct punishable under— 
‘‘(i) section 844 (relating to explosive 
materials); 
‘‘(ii) subsection (a)(1), (d), (g)(1) 
(where the underlying conviction is a vio-
lent felony or a serious drug offense (as 
those terms are defined in section 924(e)), 
(g)(2), (g)(3), (g)(4), (g)(5), (g)(8), (g)(9), 
(g)(10), (g)(11), (i), (j), (k), (n), (o), (p), 
(q), (u), or (x) of section 922 (relating to 
unlawful acts); 
‘‘(iii) subsection (b), (c), (g), (h), (k), 
(l), (m), or (n) of section 924 (relating to 
penalties); 
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‘‘(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 aliens for immoral purposes) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324, 1327, 
and 1328). 
‘‘(F) Any crime involving aggravated sex-
ual abuse, sexual assault, pimping or pandering 
involving prostitution, sexual exploitation of 
children (including sections 2251, 2251A, 2252 
and 2260), peonage, slavery, or trafficking in 
persons (including sections 1581 through 1592) 
and sections 2421 through 2427 (relating to 
transport for illegal sexual activity). 
‘‘(3) MINOR.—The term ‘minor’ means an indi-
vidual who is less than 18 years of age. 
‘‘(4) SERIOUS
VIOLENT
FELONY.—The term 
‘serious violent felony’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 3559. 
‘‘(5) 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. 
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‘‘(6) VIOLENT FELONY.—The term ‘violent fel-
ony’ means any offense that has as an element the 
use of physical force against the person of another, 
or is burglary, arson, kidnapping, or extortion, but 
is not a serious violent felony. 
‘‘§ 522. Criminal street gang prosecutions 
‘‘(a) STREET GANG CRIME.—It shall be unlawful for 
any person to knowingly commit, or conspire (with any 
act to effect the object of the conspiracy), threaten, or at-
tempt to commit, a gang crime for the purpose of fur-
thering the activities of a criminal street gang, or gaining 
entrance to or maintaining or increasing position in a 
criminal street gang, or as consideration for anything of 
pecuniary value to or from a criminal street gang, if the 
activities of that criminal street gang occur in or affect 
interstate or foreign commerce. 
‘‘(b) PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) COMMISSION; 
ATTEMPTS; 
CONSPIRACY 
LEADERS.—Any person who commits, attempts to 
commit, or conspires to commit (and occupies a po-
sition of organizer, a supervisory position, or any 
other position of management within the criminal 
street gang for such conspiracy) an offense described 
under subsection (a) that is— 
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‘‘(A) murder, kidnapping, or conduct that 
would violate section 2241 if the conduct oc-
curred in the special maritime and territorial 
jurisdiction of the United States, shall be fined 
under this title and imprisoned for any term of 
years or for life; 
‘‘(B) any other serious violent felony, shall 
be fined under this title and imprisoned for not 
more than 30 years; 
‘‘(C) any violent felony, shall be fined 
under this title and imprisoned for not more 
than 20 years; and 
‘‘(D) not described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (C), shall be fined under this title and 
imprisoned for not more than 10 years. 
‘‘(2) OTHER CONSPIRACY MEMBERS.—Any per-
son who conspires to commit (and who does not oc-
cupy a position of organizer, a supervisory position, 
or any other position of management within the 
criminal street gang for such conspiracy) an offense 
described under subsection (a) that is— 
‘‘(A) murder, shall be fined under this title 
and imprisoned for not more than 25 years; and 
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‘‘(B) any other serious violent felony or 
violent felony, shall be fined under this title and 
imprisoned for not more than 15 years. 
‘‘(3) THREATS.—Any person who threatens to 
commit an offense described under subsection (a) 
that is— 
‘‘(A) described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) of paragraph (1), shall be fined 
under this title and imprisoned for not more 
than 10 years; and 
‘‘(B) not described in such subparagraphs, 
shall be fined under this title and imprisoned 
for not more than 8 years. 
‘‘§ 523. Recruitment of persons to participate in a 
criminal street gang 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITED ACTS.—It shall be unlawful to 
knowingly recruit, employ, solicit, induce, command, co-
erce, or cause another person to be or remain as a member 
of a criminal street gang, or attempt or conspire to do 
so (with any act to effect the object of the conspiracy), 
with the intent to cause that person to participate in a 
gang crime, if the defendant travels in interstate or for-
eign commerce in the course of the offense, or if the activi-
ties of that criminal street gang are in or affect interstate 
or foreign commerce. 
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‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—Whoever violates subsection (a) 
shall— 
‘‘(1) with respect to a person who is over 18 
years of age and who recruited, employed, solicited, 
induced, commanded, coerced, or caused a minor to 
participate or remain in a criminal street gang (or 
conspired to do so while occupying a position of or-
ganizer, a supervisory position, or any other position 
of management in such conspiracy)— 
‘‘(A) be fined under this title, imprisoned 
not more than 10 years, or both; and 
‘‘(B) at the discretion of the sentencing 
judge, be liable for any costs incurred by the 
Federal Government, or by any State or local 
government, for housing, maintaining, and 
treating the minor until the person attains the 
age of 18 years; 
‘‘(2) with respect to a person who induces, com-
mands, or coerces the participation or remaining in 
a criminal street gang of another person (or con-
spires to do so while occupying a position of orga-
nizer, a supervisory position, or any other position of 
management in such conspiracy) while incarcerated, 
be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 
10 years, or both; 
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‘‘(3) with respect to a person who conspires to 
commit an offense described in paragraph (1) or (2) 
(but who does not occupy a position of organizer, a 
supervisory position, or any other position of man-
agement in such conspiracy), be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than 7 years, or both; 
‘‘(4) with respect to a person who violates such 
subsection and is not described in paragraph (1), 
(2), or (3), (other than a person described in para-
graph (5)), be fined under this title, imprisoned not 
more than 5 years, or both; and 
‘‘(5) with respect to a person who conspires to 
commit an offense which violates such subsection 
and is not described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) 
(but who does not occupy a position of organizer, a 
supervisory position, or any other position of man-
agement in such conspiracy), be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both. 
‘‘(c) CONSECUTIVE NATURE OF PENALTIES.—Any 
term of imprisonment imposed under subsection (b)(2) 
shall be consecutive to any term imposed for any other 
offense. 
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(d) AMENDMENT OF SPECIAL SENTENCING PROVI-
SION PROHIBITING PRISONER COMMUNICATIONS.—Sec-
tion 3582(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘chapter 26 (criminal street 
gangs),’’ before ‘‘chapter 95’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘a criminal street gang or’’ be-
fore ‘‘an illegal enterprise’’. 
TITLE II—VIOLENT CRIME RE-
FORMS TO REDUCE GANG VI-
OLENCE 
SEC. 201. 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: 
‘‘SEC. 424. MURDER AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES COM-
MITTED DURING AND IN RELATION TO A 
DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, during and in relation 
to any drug trafficking crime, knowingly commits any 
crime of violence against any individual that is an offense 
under Federal law punishable by imprisonment for more 
than 1 year or a felony offense under State law that is 
punishable by a term of imprisonment of 5 years or more, 
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or threatens, attempts or conspires to do so, shall be pun-
ished by a fine under title 18, United States Code, and— 
‘‘(1) for murder, kidnapping, or conduct that 
would violate section 2241 if the conduct occurred in 
the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of 
the United States, by imprisonment for any term of 
years or for life; 
‘‘(2) for a serious violent felony (as defined in 
section 3559 of title 18, United States Code) other 
than a felony described in paragraph (1), by impris-
onment for not more than 30 years; 
‘‘(3) for a crime of violence that is not a serious 
violent felony, by imprisonment for not more than 
20 years; 
‘‘(4) for conspiring to commit a crime of vio-
lence, by imprisonment for not more than 10 years; 
and 
‘‘(5) for threatening to commit a crime of vio-
lence, by imprisonment for not more than 8 years. 
‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘crime of violence’ means an of-
fense that has as an element the use of physical 
force against the person of another; and 
‘‘(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 (Public Law 91–513; 84 Stat. 1236) 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. 202. EXPANSION OF REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION 
AGAINST RELEASE OF PERSONS CHARGED 
WITH FIREARMS OFFENSES. 
Section 3142(e) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended in the matter following paragraph (3), by insert-
ing after ‘‘that the person committed’’ the following: ‘‘an 
offense under subsection (g)(1) (where the underlying con-
viction is a drug trafficking crime or crime of violence (as 
those terms are defined in section 924(c))), (g)(2), (g)(3), 
(g)(4), (g)(5), (g)(8), (g)(9), (g)(10), or (g)(11) of section 
922,’’. 
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SEC. 203. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR VIOLENT CRIMES 
AND TERRORISM OFFENSES. 
(a) STATUTE
OF
LIMITATIONS
FOR
VIOLENT 
CRIMES.—Chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 3299A. 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 8 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: 
‘‘3299A. Violent crime offenses.’’. 
(c) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR TERRORISM OF-
FENSES.—Section 3286(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘EIGHT-YEAR’’ and inserting ‘‘TEN-YEAR’’; and 
(2) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘8 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 
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SEC. 204. STUDY OF HEARSAY EXCEPTION FOR FOR-
FEITURE BY WRONGDOING. 
The Judicial Conference of the United States shall 
study section 804(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence to 
determine the necessity and desirability of amending that 
section, including the possible expansion of section 
804(b)(6), and shall make modifications as the Judicial 
Conference sees fit. 
SEC. 205. POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY DANGEROUS FEL-
ONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 924(e) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (1) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) A person who violates subsection (d) or (g) of 
section 922 of this title and has previously been convicted 
by any court referred to in section 922(g)(1) of a violent 
felony or a serious drug offense shall— 
‘‘(A) in the case of 1 such prior conviction, 
where a period of not more than 10 years has 
elapsed since the later of the date of conviction and 
the date of release of the person from imprisonment 
for that conviction, be imprisoned for not more than 
15 years, fined under this title, or both; 
‘‘(B) in the case of 2 such prior convictions, 
committed on occasions different from one another, 
and where a period of not more than 10 years has 
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elapsed since the later of the date of conviction and 
the date of release of the person from imprisonment 
for the most recent such conviction, be imprisoned 
for not more than 20 years, fined under this title, 
or both; and 
‘‘(C) in the case of 3 such prior convictions, 
committed on occasions different from one another, 
and where a period of not more than 10 years has 
elapsed since the later of date of conviction and the 
date of release of the person from imprisonment for 
the most recent such conviction— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a person who violates 
subsection (d) of such section 922, be impris-
oned for any term of years or for life and fined 
under this title, and notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the court shall not suspend the 
sentence of, or grant a probationary sentence 
to, such person with respect to the conviction 
under such subsection (d); or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a person who violates 
subsection (g) of such section 922, be impris-
oned not less than fifteen years or for life and 
fined under this title and, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the court shall not sus-
pend the sentence of, or grant a probationary 
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sentence to, such person with respect to the 
conviction under such subsection (g).’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO SENTENCING GUIDELINES.— 
Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title 28, 
United States Code, the United States Sentencing Com-
mission shall amend the Federal Sentencing Guidelines to 
provide for an appropriate increase in the offense level for 
violations of section 922(g) of title 18, United States 
Code, in accordance with section 924(e) of that title 18, 
as amended by subsection (a). 
SEC. 206. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
The matter preceding paragraph (1) in section 
922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, transfer,’’ after ‘‘sell’’. 
SEC. 207. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO VIOLENT CRIME. 
Section 924(h) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(h) Whoever knowingly transfers a firearm that has 
moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign 
commerce, knowing that the firearm will be used to com-
mit, or possessed in furtherance of, a crime of violence 
(as defined in subsection (c)(3)) or drug trafficking crime 
(as defined in subsection (c)(2)) shall be fined under this 
title and imprisoned not more than 20 years.’’. 
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SEC. 208. PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN ABOUT NEW CRIMINAL 
PENALTIES AND GANG-RELATED OUTREACH. 
(a) MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.—The Attorney General is 
authorized to conduct media campaigns in any area des-
ignated as a high intensity gang activity area under sec-
tion 301 and any area with existing and emerging prob-
lems with gangs, as needed, to— 
(1) educate individuals in that area about the 
changes in criminal penalties made by this Act; and 
(2) provide information to individuals in that 
area about service providers in the community that 
provide gang-involved or at-risk youth with positive 
alternatives to gangs and other violent groups and 
that address the needs of those who leave gangs and 
other violent groups and those reentering society 
from prison (including service providers experienced 
at reaching youth and adults who have been involved 
in violence and violent gangs or groups). 
(b) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall report to 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives the amount of expenditures and all other aspects of 
the media campaigns conducted under this section. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 
2012. 
SEC. 209. PREDICATE CRIMES FOR AUTHORIZATION OF 
INTERCEPTION OF WIRE, ORAL, AND ELEC-
TRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. 
Section 2516(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ and the end of paragraph 
(r); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (s) as para-
graph (u); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (r) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(s) any violation of section 424 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (relating to murder and other 
violent crimes in furtherance of a drug trafficking 
crime); 
‘‘(t) any violation of section 522 or 523; or’’. 
SEC. 210. CLARIFICATION OF HOBBS ACT. 
Section 1951(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘including 
the unlawful impersonation of a law enforcement of-
ficer (as that term is defined in section 245(c) of 
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this title),’’ after ‘‘by means of actual or threatened 
force,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘including 
the unlawful impersonation of a law enforcement of-
ficer (as that term is defined in section 245(c) of 
this title),’’ after ‘‘by wrongful use of actual or 
threatened force,’’. 
SEC. 211. MAKING PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CER-
TAIN WITNESSES AND INFORMANTS PUB-
LICLY AVAILABLE WITH UNLAWFUL INTENT. 
(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever knowingly makes restricted 
personal information about a covered individual, or a 
member of the immediate family of that covered indi-
vidual, publicly available in or affecting interstate or for-
eign commerce— 
(1) with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or 
incite the commission of a crime of violence against 
that covered individual, or a member of the imme-
diate family of that covered individual; or 
(2) with the intent that the restricted personal 
information will be used to threaten, intimidate, or 
facilitate the commission of a crime of violence 
against that covered individual, or a member of the 
immediate family of that covered individual; 
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shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, impris-
oned not more than 10 years, or both. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘restricted personal information’’ 
means, with respect to an individual, the Social Se-
curity number, the home address, home phone num-
ber, mobile phone number, personal email, or home 
fax number of that individual; 
(2) the term ‘‘covered individual’’ means a wit-
ness or informant in a Federal or State criminal in-
vestigation or prosecution; 
(3) the term ‘‘crime of violence’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 16 of title 18, United 
States Code; and 
(4) the term ‘‘immediate family’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 115(c)(2) of title 18, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 212. PROHIBITION ON FIREARMS POSSESSION BASED 
ON VALID GANG INJUNCTION AND CONVIC-
TION FOR GANG-RELATED MISDEMEANOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(g) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
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(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the comma at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of 
a misdemeanor gang-related offense; or 
‘‘(11) who otherwise has, within the last 5 
years, been found by any court to be in contempt of 
a gang injunction order, so long as the finding of 
contempt was issued after a hearing of which such 
person received actual notice, and at which such per-
son had an opportunity to participate and challenge 
the sufficiency of process and the constitutional va-
lidity of the underlying gang injunction order,’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(36)(A) The term ‘misdemeanor gang-related 
offense’ means an offense that— 
‘‘(i) is a misdemeanor under Federal, 
State, or Tribal law; and 
‘‘(ii) has, as an element, the membership 
of the defendant in a criminal street gang, ille-
gal association with a criminal street gang, or 
participation in a criminal street gang activity. 
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‘‘(B)(i) A person shall not be considered to have 
been convicted of such an offense for purposes of 
this chapter, unless— 
‘‘(I) the person was represented by counsel 
in the case, or knowingly and intelligently 
waived the right to counsel in the case; and 
‘‘(II) in the case of a prosecution for an of-
fense described in this paragraph for which a 
person was entitled to a jury trial in the juris-
diction in which the case was tried— 
‘‘(aa) the case was tried by a jury; or 
‘‘(bb) the person knowingly and intel-
ligently waived the right to have the case 
tried by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise. 
‘‘(ii) A person shall not be considered to have 
been convicted of such an offense for purposes of 
this chapter if the conviction has been expunged or 
set aside, or is an offense for which the person has 
been pardoned or has had civil rights restored (if the 
law of the applicable jurisdiction provides for the 
loss of civil rights under such an offense) unless the 
pardon, expungement, or restoration of civil rights 
expressly provides that the person may not ship, 
transport, possess, or receive firearms. 
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‘‘(37) The term ‘gang injunction order’ means 
a court order that— 
‘‘(A) names the defendant as a member of 
a criminal street gang; and 
‘‘(B) restrains the defendant from associ-
ating with other gang members.’’. 
SEC. 213. GRANTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE AU-
THORITY TO DENY THE SALE, DELIVERY, OR 
TRANSFER OF A FIREARM OR THE ISSUANCE 
OF A FIREARMS OR EXPLOSIVES LICENSE OR 
PERMIT TO DANGEROUS TERRORISTS. 
(a) STANDARD FOR EXERCISING ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL DISCRETION REGARDING TRANSFERRING FIRE-
ARMS OR ISSUING FIREARMS PERMITS TO DANGEROUS 
TERRORISTS.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting the following new section after 
section 922: 
‘‘§ 922A. Attorney General’s discretion to deny trans-
fer of a firearm 
‘‘The Attorney General may deny the transfer of a 
firearm pursuant to section 922(t)(1)(B)(ii) if the Attor-
ney General determines that the transferee is known (or 
appropriately suspected) to be or have been engaged in 
conduct constituting, in preparation for, in aid of, or re-
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lated to terrorism, or providing material support thereof, 
and the Attorney General has a reasonable belief that the 
prospective transferee may use a firearm in connection 
with terrorism.’’; 
(2) by inserting the following new section after 
section 922A: 
‘‘§ 922B. Attorney General’s discretion regarding ap-
plicants for firearm permits which would 
qualify for the exemption provided under 
section 922(t)(3) 
‘‘The Attorney General may determine that an appli-
cant for a firearm permit which would qualify for an ex-
emption under section 922(t) is known (or appropriately 
suspected) to be or have been engaged in conduct consti-
tuting, in preparation for, in aid of, or related to ter-
rorism, or providing material support thereof, and the At-
torney General has a reasonable belief that the applicant 
may use a firearm in connection with terrorism.’’; and 
(3) in section 921(a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(36) The term ‘terrorism’ means ‘international ter-
rorism’ as defined in section 2331(1), and ‘domestic ter-
rorism’ as defined in section 2331(5). 
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‘‘(37) The term ‘material support’ means ‘material 
support or resources’ within the meaning of section 2339A 
or 2339B. 
‘‘(38) The term ‘responsible person’ means an indi-
vidual who has the power, directly or indirectly, to direct 
or cause the direction of the management and policies of 
the applicant or licensee pertaining to firearms.’’. 
(b) EFFECT
OF
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
DISCRE-
TIONARY DENIAL THROUGH
THE NATIONAL INSTANT 
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM (NICS) ON 
FIREARMS PERMITS.—Section 922(t) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘or 
State law, or that the Attorney General has deter-
mined to deny the transfer of a firearm pursuant to 
section 922A’’ before the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ‘‘or 
State law’’ the following: ‘‘or if the Attorney General 
has not determined to deny the transfer of a firearm 
pursuant to section 922A’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)(A)(i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (I); and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(III) was issued after a check of the system 
established pursuant to paragraph (1);’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(A) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 
(ii); and 
(B) by adding after and below the end the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) the State issuing the permit 
agrees to deny the permit application if 
such other person is the subject of a deter-
mination by the Attorney General pursuant 
to section 922B;’’; 
(5) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘or 
State law,’’ the following: ‘‘or if the Attorney Gen-
eral has not determined to deny the transfer of a 
firearm pursuant to section 922A,’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (5), by inserting after ‘‘or 
State law,’’ the following: ‘‘or if the Attorney Gen-
eral has determined to deny the transfer of a fire-
arm pursuant to section 922A,’’. 
(c) UNLAWFUL SALE OR DISPOSITION OF FIREARM 
BASED
ON ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCRETIONARY DE-
NIAL.—Section 922(d) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(8); 
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(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (9) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) has been the subject of a determination 
by the Attorney General pursuant to section 922A, 
922B, 923(d)(1)(H), or 923(e) of this title.’’. 
(d) ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCRETIONARY DENIAL 
AS PROHIBITOR.—Section 922(g) of such title is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(8); 
(2) by striking the comma at the end of para-
graph (9) and inserting; ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) who has received actual notice of the At-
torney General’s determination made pursuant to 
section 922A, 922B, 923(d)(1)(H), or 923(e) of this 
title.’’. 
(e) ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCRETIONARY DENIAL 
OF FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSES.—Section 923(d)(1) of 
such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Any’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 
provided in subparagraph (H), any’’; 
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(A) by striking ‘‘The Attorney General 
may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, 
revoke’’ and insert ‘‘(2)’’; and 
(B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 
or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) any license issued under this section if the 
Attorney General determines that the holder of the 
license (including any responsible person) is known 
(or appropriately suspected) to be or have been en-
gaged in conduct constituting, in preparation for, in 
aid of, or related to terrorism, or providing material 
support thereof, and the Attorney General has a rea-
sonable belief that the applicant may use a firearm 
in connection with terrorism.’’. 
(g) ATTORNEY GENERAL’S ABILITY TO WITHHOLD 
INFORMATION IN FIREARMS LICENSE DENIAL AND REV-
OCATION SUIT.—Section 923(f) of such title is amended— 
(1) in the 1st sentence of paragraph (1), by in-
serting ‘‘, except that if the denial or revocation is 
pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(H) or (e)(3), then any 
information on which the Attorney General relied for 
this determination may be withheld from the peti-
tioner if the Attorney General determines that dis-
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closure of the information would likely compromise 
national security’’ before the period; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting after the 3rd 
sentence the following: ‘‘With respect to any infor-
mation withheld from the aggrieved party under 
paragraph (1), the United States may submit, and 
the court may rely on, summaries or redacted 
versions of documents containing information the 
disclosure of which the Attorney General has deter-
mined would likely compromise national security.’’. 
(h) ATTORNEY GENERAL’S ABILITY TO WITHHOLD 
INFORMATION
IN RELIEF FROM DISABILITIES LAW-
SUITS.—Section 925(c) of such title is amended by insert-
ing after the 3rd sentence the following: ‘‘If receipt of a 
firearms by the person would violate section 922(g)(10), 
any information which the Attorney General relied on for 
this determination may be withheld from the applicant if 
the Attorney General determines that disclosure of the in-
formation would likely compromise national security. In 
responding to the petition, the United States may submit, 
and the court may rely on, summaries or redacted versions 
of documents containing information the disclosure of 
which the Attorney General has determined would likely 
compromise national security.’’. 
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(i) PENALTIES.—Section 924(k) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2); 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, or’’ and in-
serting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) constitutes an act of terrorism (as defined 
in section 921(a)(36)), or material support thereof 
(as defined in section 921(a)(37)), or’’. 
(j) REMEDY FOR ERRONEOUS DENIAL OF FIREARM 
OR FIREARM PERMIT EXEMPTION.—Section 925A of such 
title is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘Rem-
edy for erroneous denial of firearm’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Remedies’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Any person denied a firearm 
pursuant to subsection (s) or (t) of section 922’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any person 
denied a firearm pursuant to section 922(t) or pursuant 
to a determination made under section 922B,’’; and 
(3) by adding after and below the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(b) In any case in which the Attorney General has 
denied the transfer of a firearm to a prospective transferee 
pursuant to section 922A or has made a determination 
regarding a firearm permit applicant pursuant to section 
922B, an action challenging the determination may be 
brought against the United States. The petition must be 
filed not later than 60 days after the petitioner has re-
ceived actual notice of the Attorney General’s determina-
tion made pursuant to section 922A or 922B. The court 
shall sustain the Attorney General’s determination on a 
showing by the United States by a preponderance of evi-
dence that the Attorney General’s determination satisfied 
the requirements of section 922A or 922B. To make this 
showing, the United States may submit, and the court 
may rely on, summaries or redacted versions of documents 
containing information the disclosure of which the Attor-
ney General has determined would likely compromise na-
tional security. On request of the petitioner or the court’s 
own motion, the court may review the full, undisclosed 
documents ex parte and in camera. The court shall deter-
mine whether the summaries or redacted versions, as the 
case may be, are fair and accurate representations of the 
underlying documents. The court shall not consider the 
full, undisclosed documents in deciding whether the Attor-
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ney General’s determination satisfies the requirements of 
section 922A or 922B.’’. 
(k) PROVISION OF GROUNDS UNDERLYING INELIGI-
BILITY DETERMINATION
BY
THE NATIONAL INSTANT 
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.—Section 103 
of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Public 
Law 103–159) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘is ineligible to re-
ceive a firearm,’’ the following: ‘‘or the Attorney 
General has made a determination regarding an 
applicant for a firearm permit pursuant to sec-
tion 922B of title 18, United States Code’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘the system shall 
provide such reasons to the individual,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘except for any information the disclo-
sure of which the Attorney General has deter-
mined would likely compromise national secu-
rity’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in the 1st sentence, by inserting after 
‘‘subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, 
United States Code or State law’’ the following: 
‘‘or if the Attorney General has made a deter-
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mination pursuant to section 922A or 922B of 
such title,’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, except any information 
the disclosure of which the Attorney General 
has determined would likely compromise na-
tional security’’ before the period; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Any petition for review of information with-
held by the Attorney General under this sub-
section shall be made in accordance with section 
925A of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
(l) UNLAWFUL
DISTRIBUTION
OF
EXPLOSIVES 
BASED
ON ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCRETIONARY DE-
NIAL.—Section 842(d) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (9) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) has received actual notice of the Attorney 
General’s determination made pursuant to section 
843(b)(8) or (d)(2) of this title.’’. 
(m) ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCRETIONARY DENIAL 
AS PROHIBITOR.—Section 842(i) of such title is amend-
ed— 
(1) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (7); 
and 
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(2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) who has received actual notice of the At-
torney General’s determination made pursuant to 
section 843(b)(8) or (d)(2),’’. 
(n) ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCRETIONARY DENIAL 
OF FEDERAL EXPLOSIVES LICENSES AND PERMITS.— 
Section 843(b) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Upon’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (8), on’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) The Attorney General may deny the 
issuance of a permit or license to an applicant if the 
Attorney General determines that the applicant or a 
responsible person or employee possessor thereof is 
known (or appropriately suspected) to be or have 
been engaged in conduct constituting, in preparation 
of, in aid of, or related to terrorism, or providing 
material support thereof, and the Attorney General 
has a reasonable belief that the person may use ex-
plosives in connection with terrorism.’’. 
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(o) ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCRETIONARY REVOCA-
TION
OF FEDERAL EXPLOSIVES LICENSES
AND PER-
MITS.—Section 843(d) of such title is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ in the first sentence after 
‘‘if’’; 
(2) by striking the period at the end of the first 
sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘; or (2) the 
Attorney General determines that the licensee or 
holder (or any responsible person or employee pos-
sessor thereof) is known (or appropriately suspected) 
to be or have been engaged in conduct constituting, 
in preparation for, in aid of, or related to terrorism, 
or providing material support thereof, and that the 
Attorney General has a reasonable belief that the 
person may use explosives in connection with ter-
rorism.’’. 
(p) ATTORNEY GENERAL’S ABILITY TO WITHHOLD 
INFORMATION IN EXPLOSIVES LICENSE AND PERMIT DE-
NIAL AND REVOCATION SUITS.—Section 843(e) of such 
title is amended— 
(1) in the 1st sentence of paragraph (1), by in-
serting ‘‘except that if the denial or revocation is 
based on a determination under subsection (b)(8) or 
(d)(2), then any information which the Attorney 
General relied on for the determination may be with-
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held from the petitioner if the Attorney General de-
termines that disclosure of the information would 
likely compromise national security’’ before the pe-
riod. 
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘In responding to any petition for review 
of a denial or revocation based on a determination 
under section 843(b)(8) or (d)(2), the United States 
may submit, and the court may rely on, summaries 
or redacted versions of documents containing infor-
mation the disclosure of which the Attorney General 
has determined would likely compromise national se-
curity.’’. 
(q) ABILITY TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION IN COM-
MUNICATIONS
TO EMPLOYERS.—Section 843(h)(2) of 
such title is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or sec-
tion 843(b)(1) (on grounds of terrorism) of this 
title,’’ after ‘‘section 842(i),’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or section 843(b)(8)’’ 
after ‘‘section 842(i)’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, except 
that any information that the Attorney General 
relied on for a determination pursuant to sec-
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tion 843(b)(8) may be withheld if the Attorney 
General concludes that disclosure of the infor-
mation would likely compromise national secu-
rity’’ before the semicolon. 
(r) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO IMMIGRATION AND 
NATIONALITY ACT.—Section 101(a)(43)(E)(ii) of the Im-
migration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(43)(E)(ii) is amended by striking ‘‘ or (5)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(5), or (10)’’. 
SEC. 214. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to its authority under 
section 994 of title 28, United States Code, and in accord-
ance with this section, the United States Sentencing Com-
mission shall review and, if appropriate, amend its guide-
lines and policy statements to conform with this title and 
the amendments made by this title. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out this section, 
the United States Sentencing Commission shall— 
(1) establish new guidelines and policy state-
ments, as warranted, in order to implement new or 
revised criminal offenses under this title and the 
amendments made by this title; 
(2) consider the extent to which the guidelines 
and policy statements adequately address— 
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(A) whether the guidelines offense levels 
and enhancements— 
(i) are sufficient to deter and punish 
such offenses; and 
(ii) are adequate in view of the statu-
tory increases in penalties contained in this 
title and the amendments made by this 
title; and 
(B) whether any existing or new specific 
offense characteristics should be added to re-
flect congressional intent to increase penalties 
for the offenses set forth in this title and the 
amendments made by this title; 
(3) consider whether specific offense character-
istics should be added to increase the guideline 
range— 
(A) by additional offense levels, if a crimi-
nal defendant committing a gang crime or gang 
recruiting offense was an alien who was present 
in the United States in violation of section 275 
or 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1325 and 1326) at the time the of-
fense was committed; and 
(B) by further additional offense levels, if 
such defendant had also previously been or-
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dered removed or deported under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.) on the grounds of having committed a 
crime; 
(4) determine under what circumstances a sen-
tence of imprisonment imposed under this title or 
the amendments made by this title shall run con-
secutively to any other sentence of imprisonment im-
posed for any other crime, except that the Commis-
sion shall ensure that a sentence of imprisonment 
imposed under section 424 of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.), as added by 
this Act, shall run consecutively, to an extent that 
the Sentencing Commission determines appropriate, 
to the sentence imposed for the underlying drug 
trafficking offense; 
(5) account for any aggravating or mitigating 
circumstances that might justify exceptions to the 
generally applicable sentencing ranges; 
(6) ensure reasonable consistency with other 
relevant directives, other sentencing guidelines, and 
statutes; 
(7) make any necessary and conforming 
changes to the sentencing guidelines and policy 
statements; and 
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(8) ensure that the guidelines adequately meet 
the purposes of sentencing set forth in section 
3553(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code. 
TITLE III—INCREASED FEDERAL 
RESOURCES TO DETER AND 
PREVENT SERIOUSLY AT-RISK 
YOUTH FROM JOINING ILLE-
GAL STREET GANGS AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
SEC. 301. DESIGNATION OF AND ASSISTANCE FOR HIGH IN-
TENSITY GANG ACTIVITY AREAS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 
a Governor of a State, the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia, the tribal leader of an Indian tribe, or the 
chief executive of a Commonwealth, territory, or pos-
session of the United States. 
(2) HIGH INTENSITY GANG ACTIVITY AREA.— 
The term ‘‘high intensity gang activity area’’ or 
‘‘HIGAA’’ means an area within 1 or more States 
or Indian country that is designated as a high inten-
sity gang activity area under subsection (b)(1). 
(3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun-
try’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1151 
of title 18, United States Code. 
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(4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4(e) of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)). 
(5) 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. 
(6) TRIBAL LEADER.—The term ‘‘tribal leader’’ 
means the chief executive officer representing the 
governing body of an Indian tribe. 
(b) HIGH INTENSITY GANG ACTIVITY AREAS.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—The Attorney General, 
after consultation with the Governors of appropriate 
States, may designate as high intensity gang activity 
areas, specific areas that are located within 1 or 
more States, which may consist of 1 or more munici-
palities, counties, or other jurisdictions as appro-
priate. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—In order to provide Federal 
assistance to high intensity gang activity areas, the 
Attorney General shall— 
(A) establish local collaborative working 
groups, which shall include— 
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(i) criminal street gang enforcement 
teams, consisting of Federal, State, tribal, 
and local law enforcement authorities, for 
the coordinated investigation, disruption, 
apprehension, and prosecution of criminal 
street gangs and offenders in each high in-
tensity gang activity area; 
(ii) educational, community, and faith 
leaders in the area; 
(iii) service providers in the commu-
nity, including those experienced at reach-
ing youth and adults who have been in-
volved in violence and violent gangs or 
groups, to provide gang-involved or seri-
ously at-risk youth with positive alter-
natives to gangs and other violent groups 
and to address the needs of those who 
leave gangs and other violent groups, and 
those reentering society from prison; and 
(iv) evaluation teams to research and 
collect 
information, 
assess 
data, 
rec-
ommend adjustments, and generally assure 
the accountability and effectiveness of pro-
gram implementation; 
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(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; 
(C) direct the reassignment or detailing of 
representatives from— 
(i) the Department of Justice; 
(ii) the Department of Education; 
(iii) the Department of Labor; 
(iv) the Department of Health and 
Human Services; 
(v) the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development; and 
(vi) any other Federal department or 
agency; 
(subject to the approval of the head of that de-
partment or agency, in the case of a depart-
ment or agency other than the Department of 
Justice) to each high intensity gang activity 
area to identify and coordinate efforts to access 
Federal programs and resources available to 
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provide gang prevention, intervention, and re-
entry assistance; 
(D) prioritize and administer the Federal 
program and resource requests made by the 
local collaborative working group established 
under subparagraph (A) for each high intensity 
gang activity area; 
(E) provide all necessary funding for the 
operation of each local collaborative working 
group in each high intensity gang activity area; 
and 
(F) provide all necessary funding for na-
tional and regional meetings of local collabo-
rative working groups, criminal street gang en-
forcement teams, and educational, community, 
social service, faith-based, and all other related 
organizations, as needed, to ensure effective op-
eration of such teams through the sharing of 
intelligence and best practices and for any other 
related purpose. 
(3) COMPOSITION OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG 
ENFORCEMENT
TEAM.—Each 
team 
established 
under paragraph (2)(A)(i) shall consist of agents 
and officers, where feasible, from— 
(A) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
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(B) the Drug Enforcement Administration; 
(C) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms, and Explosives; 
(D) the United States Marshals Service; 
(E) the Department of Homeland Security; 
(F) the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; 
(G) State, local, and, where appropriate, 
tribal law enforcement; 
(H) Federal, State, and local prosecutors; 
and 
(I) the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of 
Law Enforcement Services, where appropriate. 
(4) CRITERIA
FOR
DESIGNATION.—In consid-
ering an area for designation as a high intensity 
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 qualitative and 
quantitative data indicate that violent crime in 
the area is related to criminal street gang activ-
ity, 
such 
as 
murder, 
robbery, 
assaults, 
carjacking, arson, kidnapping, extortion, drug 
trafficking, and other criminal activity; 
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consulting with, and consistent with the goals 
and strategies established by, that local collabo-
rative working group; 
(C) the high intensity gang activity area 
law enforcement steering committee established 
under subparagraph (A) shall select, from Fed-
eral, State, and local law enforcement agencies 
within the geographic area of that high inten-
sity gang activity area, the members of the 
Criminal Street Gang Enforcement Team, in 
accordance with paragraph (3); and 
(D) the Criminal Street Gang Enforcement 
Team of that high intensity gang activity area, 
and its law enforcement steering committee, 
may, with approval of the Executive Board of 
the HIDTA with which it substantially over-
laps, utilize the intelligence-sharing, administra-
tive, and other resources of that HIDTA. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 1 
of each year, the Attorney General shall submit a re-
port to the appropriate committees of Congress and 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et and the Domestic Policy Council that describes, 
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for each designated high intensity gang activity 
area— 
(A) the specific long-term and short-term 
goals and objectives; 
(B) the measurements used to evaluate the 
performance of the high intensity gang activity 
area in achieving the long-term and short-term 
goals; 
(C) the age, composition, and membership 
of gangs; 
(D) the number and nature of crimes com-
mitted by gangs and gang members; 
(E) the definition of the term ‘‘gang’’ used 
to compile that report; and 
(F) the programmatic outcomes and fund-
ing needs of the high intensity gang area, in-
cluding— 
(i) an evidence-based analysis of the 
best practices and outcomes from the work 
of the relevant local collaborative working 
group; and 
(ii) an analysis of whether Federal re-
sources distributed meet the needs of the 
high intensity gang activity area and, if 
any programmatic funding shortfalls exist, 
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recommendations for programs or funding 
to meet such shortfalls. 
(2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
on Education and Labor, and the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(d) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTOR-
NEYS.—The Attorney General is authorized to hire 94 ad-
ditional Assistant United States attorneys, and non-
attorney coordinators and paralegals as necessary, to 
carry out the provisions of this section. 
(e) ADDITIONAL DEFENSE COUNSEL.—In each of 
the fiscal years 2008 through 2012, the Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts is au-
thorized to hire 71 additional attorneys, nonattorney coor-
dinators, and investigators, as necessary, in Federal De-
fender Programs and Federal Community Defender Orga-
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nizations, and to make additional payments as necessary 
to retain appointed counsel under section 3006A of title 
18, United States Code, to adequately respond to any in-
creased or expanded caseloads that may occur as a result 
of this Act or the amendments made by this Act. Funding 
under this subsection shall not exceed the funding levels 
under subsection (d). 
(f) NATIONAL GANG RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND 
POLICY INSTITUTE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Justice Pro-
grams of the Department of Justice, after consulting 
with relevant law enforcement officials, practitioners 
and researchers, shall establish a National Gang Re-
search, Evaluation, and Policy Institute (in this sub-
section referred to as the ‘‘Institute’’). 
(2) ACTIVITIES.—The Institute shall— 
(A) promote and facilitate the implementa-
tion of data-driven, effective gang violence sup-
pression, prevention, intervention, and reentry 
models, such as the Operation Ceasefire model, 
the Strategic Public Health Approach, the 
Gang Reduction Program, or any other prom-
ising municipally driven, comprehensive commu-
nity-wide strategy that is demonstrated to be 
effective in reducing gang violence; 
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(B) assist jurisdictions by conducting time-
ly research on effective models and designing 
and promoting implementation of effective local 
strategies, including programs that have objec-
tives and data on how they reduce gang violence 
(including shootings and killings), using preven-
tion, outreach, and community approaches, and 
that demonstrate the efficacy of these ap-
proaches; and 
(C) provide and contract for technical as-
sistance as needed in support of its mission. 
(3) NATIONAL CONFERENCE.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of its formation, the Institute 
shall design and conduct a national conference to re-
duce and prevent gang violence, and to teach and 
promote gang violence prevention, intervention, and 
reentry strategies. The conference shall be attended 
by appropriate representatives from criminal street 
gang enforcement teams, and local collaborative 
working groups, including representatives of edu-
cational, community, religious, and social service or-
ganizations, and gang program and policy research 
evaluators. 
(4) NATIONAL
DEMONSTRATION
SITES.—Not 
later than 120 days after the date of its formation, 
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