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1084 (relating to the transmission of gambling in-
formation),’’. 
SEC. 719. 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. 720. 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. 721. 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. 722. 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. 723. 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. 724. 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. 725. 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.’’. 
Subtitle B—Increased Federal Re-
sources to Deter and Prevent 
At-Risk Youth From Joining Il-
legal Street Gangs 
SEC. 731. 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. 
(b) HIGH INTENSITY INTERSTATE GANG ACTIVITY 
AREAS.— 
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(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; 
(C) provide all necessary funding for the 
operation of the criminal street gang enforce-
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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; 
(G) State and local law enforcement; and 
(H) Federal, State, and local prosecutors. 
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(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 
(E) any other criteria that the Attorney 
General considers to be appropriate. 
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(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 
2006 through 2010 to carry out subsection (b); and 
(2) $7,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 
through 2010 to carry out subsection (c). 
SEC. 732. 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: 
‘‘(5) to hire additional prosecutors to— 
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‘‘(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 2006 through 
2010 to carry out this subtitle.’’. 
Æ 
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