(f) NATIONAL GANG RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND 
POLICY INSTITUTE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Bureau of Justice As-
sistance of the Department of Justice, after con-
sulting with relevant with law enforcement officials, 
practitioners and researchers, shall establish a Na-
tional Gang Research, Evaluation, and Policy Insti-
tute (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Insti-
tute’’). 
(2) ACTIVITIES.—The Institute shall promote 
and facilitate the implementation of effective gang 
violence prevention models, including the Operation 
Ceasefire gang violence prevention strategy and 
other effective strategies to prevent gang violence. 
The Institute shall assist jurisdictions in designing 
and implementing effective local strategies, and shall 
provide technical assistance and conduct research 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 
prevent gang violence, and to teach and promote 
gang violence prevention strategies. The conference 
shall be attended by appropriate representatives 
from criminal street enforcement teams, and local 
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collaborative working groups, including community, 
religious, and social service organizations. 
(4) NATIONAL
DEMONSTRATION
SITES.—Not 
later than 120 days after the date of its formation, 
the Institute shall select appropriate HIIGAA areas 
to serve as primary national demonstration sites, 
based on the nature, concentration and distribution 
of various gang types, and the range of particular 
gang-related issues. The Institute shall thereafter es-
tablish such other, secondary sites, to be linked to 
and receive technical assistance through the primary 
sites, as it may deem appropriate. 
(5) DISSEMINATION
OF
INFORMATION.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of its formation, 
the Institute shall develop and begin dissemination 
of information, including guides, research and as-
sessment models, case studies, evaluations, and best 
practices. The Institute shall also create a website, 
designed to support the implementation of successful 
gang violence prevention models, and disseminate 
appropriate information to assist jurisdictions in re-
ducing gang violence. 
(6) SUPPORT.—The Institute shall obtain initial 
and continuing support from experienced researchers 
and practitioners, as it deems necessary, to assist in 
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implementing its strategies nationally, regionally, 
and locally. 
(7) RESEARCH
AGENDA.—The Institute shall 
establish and implement a core research agenda de-
signed to address areas of particular challenge, in-
cluding— 
(A) how best to apply Operation Ceasefire 
or other successful models to particularly large 
jurisdictions; 
(B) how to foster and maximize the con-
tinuing impact of community moral voices in 
this context; 
(C) how to ensure the long-term sustain-
ability of reduced violent crime levels once ini-
tial levels of enthusiasm may subside; and 
(D) how to apply existing intervention 
frameworks to emerging regional or national 
gang problems, such as the emergence of the 
gang known as MS–13. 
(8) EVALUATION.—The National Institute of 
Justice shall evaluate, on a continuing basis, gang 
violence prevention strategies supported by the Insti-
tute, and shall report the results of these evaluations 
by no later than October 1 each year to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com-
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