TITLE III—INCREASED FEDERAL 
RESOURCES TO DETER AND 
PREVENT 
AT-RISK 
YOUTH 
FROM 
JOINING 
ILLEGAL 
STREET 
GANGS 
AND 
FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
SEC. 301. DESIGNATION OF AND ASSISTANCE FOR HIGH IN-
TENSITY 
INTERSTATE 
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 INTERSTATE GANG ACTIV-
ITY
AREA.—The term ‘‘high intensity interstate 
gang activity area’’ or ‘‘HIIGAA’’ means an area 
within a State or Indian country that is designated 
as a high intensity interstate 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 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 local collaborative working 
groups, which shall include— 
(i) criminal street gang enforcement 
teams, consisting of Federal, State, tribal, 
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and local law enforcement authorities, for 
the coordinated investigation, disruption, 
apprehension, and prosecution of criminal 
street gangs and offenders in each high in-
tensity interstate gang activity area; 
(ii) school, community, and faith lead-
ers in the area; and 
(iii) service providers in the commu-
nity, including those experienced at reach-
ing youth who have been involved in vio-
lence and violent gangs or groups, to pro-
vide at-risk youth with positive alternatives 
to gangs and other violent groups and to 
address the needs of those who leave gangs 
and other violent groups; 
(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) provide all necessary funding for the 
operation of each local collaborative working 
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group in each high intensity interstate gang ac-
tivity area; and 
(D) provide all necessary funding for na-
tional and regional meetings of local collabo-
rative working groups, criminal street gang en-
forcement teams, and all other related organiza-
tions, as needed, to ensure effective operation 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; 
(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; 
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(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 
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, local, and, 
where appropriate, tribal law enforcement agen-
cies 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 
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would enhance local response to the gang crime 
activities in the area; and 
(E) any other criteria that the Attorney 
General considers to be appropriate. 
(5) RELATION
TO
HIDTAS.—If the Attorney 
General establishes a high intensity interstate gang 
activity area that substantially overlaps geographi-
cally with any existing high intensity drug traf-
ficking area (in this section referred to as a 
‘‘HIDTA’’), the Attorney General shall direct the 
local collaborative working group for that high inten-
sity interstate gang activity area to enter into an 
agreement with the Executive Board for that 
HIDTA, providing that— 
(A) the Executive Board of that HIDTA 
shall establish a separate high intensity inter-
state gang activity area law enforcement steer-
ing committee, and select (with a preference for 
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agen-
cies that are within the geographic area of that 
high intensity interstate gang activity area) the 
members of that committee, subject to the con-
currence of the Attorney General; 
(B) the high intensity interstate gang ac-
tivity area law enforcement steering committee 
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established under subparagraph (A) shall ad-
minister the funds provided under subsection 
(g)(1) for the Criminal Street Gang Enforce-
ment Team, after consulting with, and con-
sistent with the goals and strategies established 
by, that local collaborative working group; 
(C) the high intensity interstate gang ac-
tivity area law enforcement steering committee 
established under subparagraph (A) shall select, 
from Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
agencies within the geographic area of that high 
intensity interstate gang activity area, the 
members of the Criminal Street Gang Enforce-
ment Team; and 
(D) the Criminal Street Gang Enforcement 
Team of that high intensity interstate gang ac-
tivity area, and its law enforcement steering 
committee, may, with approval of the Executive 
Board of the HIDTA with which it overlaps, 
utilize the intelligence-sharing, administrative, 
and other resources of that HIDTA. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 
February 1 of each year, the Attorney General shall pro-
vide a report to Congress which describes, for each des-
ignated high intensity interstate gang activity area— 
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(1) the specific long-term and short-term goals 
and objectives; 
(2) the measurements used to evaluate the per-
formance of the high intensity interstate gang activ-
ity area in achieving the long-term and short-term 
goals; 
(3) the age, composition, and membership of 
gangs; 
(4) the number and nature of crimes committed 
by gangs; and 
(5) the definition of the term gang used to com-
pile this report. 
(d) NATIONAL GANG ACTIVITY DATABASE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section, the Attorney General 
shall establish a National Gang Activity Database to 
be housed at and administered by the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation. 
(2) DESCRIPTION.—The database required by 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) be designed to disseminate gang infor-
mation to law enforcement agencies throughout 
the country; 
(B) contain critical information on gangs, 
gang members, firearms, criminal activities, ve-
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hicles, and other information useful for inves-
tigators in solving gang-related crimes; and 
(C) operate in a manner that enables law 
enforcement agencies to— 
(i) identify gang members involved in 
crimes; 
(ii) track the movement of gangs and 
members throughout the region; 
(iii) coordinate law enforcement re-
sponse to gang violence; 
(iv) enhance officer safety; 
(v) provide realistic, up to date figures 
and statistical data on gang crime and vio-
lence; 
(vi) forecast trends and respond ac-
cordingly; and 
(vii) more easily solve crimes and pre-
vent violence. 
(e) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTOR-
NEYS.—The Attorney General is authorized to hire 94 ad-
ditional Assistant 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 activity area. 
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