I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1820 
To fight criminal gangs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2011 
Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education 
and the Workforce and Financial Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To fight criminal gangs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2011’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
TITLE I—PREVENTION AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 
Subtitle A—Prevention 
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Sec. 101. Demonstration grants to encourage creative approaches to gang activ-
ity and after-school programs. 
Sec. 102. Reauthorization of certain after-school programs. 
Sec. 103. Reauthorization of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities 
Act. 
Sec. 104. Public and assisted housing gang elimination. 
Sec. 105. Municipal Alliances. 
Sec. 106. Reauthorization of the gang resistance education and training 
projects program and increased funding for the national youth 
gang survey. 
Sec. 107. Mentoring grants to nonprofit organizations. 
Subtitle B—Recidivism Reduction and Reentry Assistance 
Sec. 111. Reauthorization of adult and juvenile offender State and local reentry 
demonstration projects. 
Sec. 112. Children of incarcerated parents and families. 
Sec. 113. Removal of limitation on amount of funds available for corrections 
education programs under the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act. 
Sec. 114. Grants to States for improved workplace and community transition 
training for incarcerated youth offenders. 
Sec. 115. Improved reentry procedures for Federal prisoners. 
Subtitle C—Economic Empowerment 
Sec. 121. Expansion and reauthorization of the mentoring initiative for system 
involved youth. 
Sec. 122. Reauthorization of Learn and Serve America. 
TITLE II—GANG ACTIVITY POLICING PROGRAM 
Sec. 201. Authority to make gang activity policing grants. 
Sec. 202. Eligible activities. 
Sec. 203. Preferential consideration of applications for certain grants. 
Sec. 204. Designation of high-intensity interstate gang activity areas. 
Sec. 205. Use of components. 
Sec. 206. Minimum amount. 
Sec. 207. Matching funds. 
Sec. 208. Providing additional forensic examiners. 
Sec. 209. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 210. Performance evaluation. 
TITLE III—PUNISHMENT AND IMPROVED CRIME DATA 
Subtitle A—Gang Crimes 
Sec. 301. Criminal street gangs. 
Sec. 302. Solicitation or recruitment of persons and violent crimes in further-
ance or in aid of criminal street gangs. 
Sec. 303. Interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering 
enterprises and criminal street gangs. 
Sec. 304. Amendments relating to violent crime in areas of exclusive Federal 
jurisdiction. 
Sec. 305. Increased penalties for use of interstate commerce facilities in the 
commission of murder-for-hire and other felony crimes of vio-
lence. 
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Sec. 306. Amendment of sentencing guidelines relating to certain gang and vio-
lent crimes. 
Sec. 307. Study on expanding Federal authority for juvenile offenders. 
Sec. 308. Study on examining the role of gangs in prisons. 
Subtitle B—Firearms Offenses 
Sec. 311. Increased penalties for use of firearm in crime of violence or drug 
trafficking crime. 
Subtitle C—Crime Data 
Sec. 321. Standardization of crime reporting and investigation. 
Sec. 322. Consolidating and standardizing gang-related crime data. 
TITLE I—PREVENTION AND 
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 
Subtitle A—Prevention 
SEC. 101. DEMONSTRATION GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE CRE-
ATIVE APPROACHES TO GANG ACTIVITY AND 
AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make 
grants to public or nonprofit private entities (including 
faith-based organizations) for the purpose of assisting the 
entities in carrying out projects involving innovative ap-
proaches to combat gang activity. 
(b) PROJECTS.—Projects described in subsection (a) 
shall target at-risk youth and juvenile offenders who are 
ages 11 to 19 years, who— 
(1) fail to successfully complete secondary 
school; 
(2) have entered the juvenile system; 
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(3) are at risk of failing to successfully com-
plete secondary school or entering the juvenile sys-
tem; 
(4) are truants or runaways; or 
(5) have siblings or family members who are 
members of a criminal street gang. 
(c) CERTAIN APPROACHES.—Approaches described 
in subsection (a) may include— 
(1) developing after-school gang prevention pro-
grams, including programs that provide for trans-
portation to and from activities; 
(2) encouraging teen-driven approaches to gang 
activity prevention; 
(3) educating parents to recognize signs of 
problems and potential gang involvement in their 
children; 
(4) teaching parents the importance of a nur-
turing family and home environment to keep chil-
dren out of gangs; and 
(5) facilitating communication between parents 
and children, especially programs that have been 
evaluated and proven effective. 
(d) MATCHING FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 
make a grant under this section only if the entity re-
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ceiving the grant agrees to make available (directly 
or through donations from public or private entities) 
non-Federal contributions toward the cost of activi-
ties to be performed with that grant in an amount 
that is not less than 25 percent of such costs. 
(2) DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT
CONTRIB-
UTED.—Non-Federal contributions required under 
paragraph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly eval-
uated, including facilities, equipment, or services. 
Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or 
services assisted or subsidized to any significant ex-
tent by the Federal Government, may not be in-
cluded in determining the amount of such non-Fed-
eral contributions. 
(e) EVALUATION OF PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
establish criteria for the evaluation of projects in-
volving innovative approaches under subsection (a). 
(2) GRANTEES.—A grant may be made under 
this section only if the entity involved— 
(A) agrees to conduct evaluations of the 
approach in accordance with such criteria; 
(B) agrees to submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral reports describing the results of the evalua-
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tions, as the Attorney General determines to be 
appropriate; and 
(C) submits to the Attorney General, in 
the application under subsection (f), a plan for 
conducting the evaluations. 
(f) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—The Attorney Gen-
eral may make a grant under subsection (a) only if an 
application for the grant is submitted to the Attorney Gen-
eral and the application is in such form, is made in such 
manner, and contains such agreements, assurances, and 
information (including the agreements under subsections 
(d) and (e) and the plan under subsection (e)(2)(C)) as 
the Attorney General determines to be necessary to carry 
out this section. 
(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than October 
1, 2013, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress 
a report describing the extent to which the approaches 
under subsection (a) have been successful in reducing the 
rate of gang activity in the communities in which the ap-
proaches have been carried out. That report shall describe 
the various approaches used under subsection (a) and the 
effectiveness of each of the approaches. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
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to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2012 through 2016. 
SEC. 102. REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN AFTER-SCHOOL 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CEN-
TERS.—Section 4206 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7176) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 
through 2016.’’. 
(b) CAROL M. WHITE PHYSICAL EDUCATION PRO-
GRAM.—Section 5401 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7241) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘There are’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
IN GENERAL.—There are’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) PHYSICAL EDUCATION.—In addition to the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection 
(a), there are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016 to carry out 
subpart 10.’’. 
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SEC. 103. REAUTHORIZATION OF SAFE AND DRUG-FREE 
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT. 
(a) SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMU-
NITIES.—Section 4003 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7103) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$650,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fis-
cal years,’’ and inserting ‘‘$700,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2012 through 2016,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘such sums 
for fiscal year 2002, and for each of the 5 suc-
ceeding fiscal years,’’ and inserting ‘‘$400,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016’’. 
(b) NATIONAL COORDINATOR INITIATIVE.—Section 
4125 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7135) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘From funds made avail-
able to carry out this subpart under section 
4003(2), the Secretary may provide’’ and in-
serting ‘‘From amounts made available to carry 
out this subpart under section 4003(2) for each 
fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve for each 
fiscal year not less than $40,000,000 to pro-
vide’’; and 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘, gang prevention,’’ after 
‘‘drug prevention’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, gang prevention,’’ 
after ‘‘serve as drug prevention’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, gang,’’ after ‘‘sig-
nificant drug’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘, 
gang,’’ after ‘‘analyzing assessments of drug’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016.’’. 
(c) MENTORING PROGRAM.—Section 4130(b) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7140(b)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
of paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Secretary may 
award grants from funds made available to carry out 
this subpart under section 4003(2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘From amounts made available to carry out this 
subpart under section 4003(2) for each fiscal year, 
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the Secretary shall reserve for each fiscal year not 
less than $50,000,000 to award grants’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5)(B)(i), by inserting ‘‘ele-
mentary school and middle school’’ after ‘‘serves’’; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (5)(C)(ii)(IV), by striking 
‘‘the 4th’’ and inserting ‘‘kindergarten’’. 
(d) ANTI-GANG DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Subpart 
2 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 4131. ANTI-GANG DISCRETIONARY GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) 
AUTHORITY
TO
MAKE
GRANTS.—From 
amounts made available to carry out this subpart under 
section 4003(2) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
reserve for each fiscal year not less than $50,000,000 to 
award grants, on a competitive basis, to nonprofit organi-
zations to enable the nonprofit organizations to establish 
programs to assist a public elementary school or middle 
school in providing an innovative approach— 
‘‘(1) to combat gang activity in the school and 
the community surrounding the school; and 
‘‘(2) to heighten awareness of, and provide tools 
to reduce, gang violence in the school and the com-
munity surrounding the school. 
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‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, a nonprofit organization shall submit 
an application to the Secretary that includes a detailed 
plan to combat gang activity and reduce gang violence in 
a school and the surrounding community. 
‘‘(c) 
PRIORITY
CONSIDERATION.—In 
awarding 
grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority 
consideration to applications describing programs that 
target youth living in a high-intensity interstate gang ac-
tivity area defined under section 204 of the Fighting 
Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2011. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall require any re-
cipient of a grant under this section to provide periodic 
reports that include the obligation and expenditure of 
grant funds, the progress made by the grantee in imple-
menting the plan described in subsection (b), and any 
change in the incidence of gang-related crime in projects 
assisted under this section. 
‘‘(e) MONITORING.—The Secretary shall audit and 
monitor the programs funded under this section to ensure 
that assistance provided under this section is administered 
in accordance with the provisions of this section.’’. 
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SEC. 104. PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING GANG ELIMI-
NATION. 
(a) PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING.—Title V of the 
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–690; 102 
Stat. 4295) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subtitle: 
‘‘Subtitle H—Public and Assisted 
Housing Gang Elimination 
‘‘SEC. 5401. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This subtitle may be cited as the ‘Public and As-
sisted Housing Gang Elimination Act of 2011’. 
‘‘SEC. 5402. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subtitle— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘federally assisted low-income 
housing’ means housing assisted under— 
‘‘(A) section 221(d)(3), section 221(d)(4), 
or 236 of the National Housing Act; 
‘‘(B) section 101 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1965; 
‘‘(C) section 8 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937; or 
‘‘(D) the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘high-intensity interstate gang ac-
tivity area’ means an area designated by the Attor-
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ney General under section 204 of the Fighting 
Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2011; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development. 
‘‘SEC. 5403. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS. 
‘‘The Secretary, in accordance with the provisions of 
this subtitle, may make grants to public housing agencies 
(including any Indian tribe or other recipient under the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina-
tion Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.)) and private, 
for-profit and nonprofit owners of federally assisted low- 
income housing for use in eliminating gang-related crime. 
‘‘SEC. 5404. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘Grants under this subtitle may be used in public 
housing or other federally assisted low-income housing 
projects for— 
‘‘(1) the employment of security personnel; 
‘‘(2) reimbursement of local law enforcement 
agencies for additional security and protective serv-
ices; 
‘‘(3) physical improvements which are specifi-
cally designed to enhance security; 
‘‘(4) the employment of 1 or more individuals— 
‘‘(A) to investigate gang-related crime on 
or about the real property comprising any pub-
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lic or other federally assisted low-income hous-
ing project; and 
‘‘(B) to provide evidence relating to such 
crime in any administrative or judicial pro-
ceeding; 
‘‘(5) the provision of training, communications 
equipment, and other related equipment for use by 
voluntary tenant patrols acting in cooperation with 
local law enforcement officials; 
‘‘(6) programs designed to reduce gang activity 
in and around public or other federally assisted low- 
income housing projects, including encouraging teen- 
driven approaches to gang activity prevention; and 
‘‘(7) providing funding to nonprofit public hous-
ing resident management corporations and resident 
councils to develop security and gang prevention pro-
grams involving site residents. 
‘‘SEC. 5405. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIRED SUBMISSION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive a grant under 
this subtitle, a public housing agency or an owner of 
federally assisted low-income housing shall submit 
an application to the Secretary, at such time, in 
such manner, and accompanied by such additional 
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information as the Secretary may reasonably re-
quire. 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED INCLUSIONS.—Any application 
submitted under paragraph (1) shall include a plan 
for addressing the problem of gang-related crime on 
the premises of the housing administered or owned 
by the applicant for which the application is being 
submitted. 
‘‘(b) CRITERIA.—Except as provided by subsections 
(c) and (d) the Secretary shall approve applications under 
this subtitle based exclusively on— 
‘‘(1) the extent of the gang-related crime prob-
lem in the public or federally assisted low-income 
housing project or projects proposed for assistance; 
‘‘(2) the quality of the plan of the applicant to 
address the crime problem in the public or federally 
assisted low-income housing project or projects pro-
posed for assistance, including the extent to which 
the plan includes initiatives that can be sustained 
over a period of several years; and 
‘‘(3) the extent to which tenants, the local gov-
ernment, and the local community support and par-
ticipate in the design and implementation of the ac-
tivities proposed to be funded under the application. 
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‘‘(c) HIGH-INTENSITY INTERSTATE GANG ACTIVITY 
AREAS.—In evaluating the extent of the gang-related 
crime problem under subsection (b), the Secretary may 
consider whether housing projects proposed for assistance 
are located in a high-intensity interstate gang activity area 
as described in section 204 of this Act. 
‘‘SEC. 5406. IMPLEMENTATION. 
‘‘The Secretary shall issue regulations to implement 
this subtitle within 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this subtitle. 
‘‘SEC. 5407. REPORTS. 
‘‘The Secretary shall require any recipient of a grant 
under this subtitle to provide periodic reports that in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) the obligation and expenditure of grant 
funds; 
‘‘(2) the progress made by the grantee in imple-
menting the plan described in section 5404(a); and 
‘‘(3) any change in the incidence of gang-re-
lated crime in projects assisted under this subtitle. 
‘‘SEC. 5408. MONITORING. 
‘‘The Secretary shall audit and monitor the programs 
funded under this subtitle to ensure that assistance pro-
vided under this subtitle is administered in accordance 
with the provisions of this subtitle. 
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‘‘SEC. 5409. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this subtitle $100,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016. Any amount appro-
priated under this section shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 5001 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 
(Public Law 100–690; 102 Stat. 4295) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new items: 
‘‘Subtitle H—Public and Assisted Housing Gang Elimination 
‘‘Sec. 5401. Short title. 
‘‘Sec. 5402. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 5403. Authority to make grants. 
‘‘Sec. 5404. Eligible activities. 
‘‘Sec. 5405. Applications. 
‘‘Sec. 5406. Implementation. 
‘‘Sec. 5407. Reports. 
‘‘Sec. 5408. Monitoring. 
‘‘Sec. 5409. Authorization of appropriations.’’ 
SEC. 105. MUNICIPAL ALLIANCES. 
The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13701 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 30403 the following: 
‘‘Subtitle E—Strategic Community 
Planning Program 
‘‘SEC. 30501. GRANT AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 
award grants on a competitive basis to eligible local 
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entities to assist eligible communities in developing 
and carrying out programs that target at-risk youth 
and juvenile offenders ages 11 to 19 years, who— 
‘‘(A) fail to successfully complete sec-
ondary school; 
‘‘(B) have entered the juvenile justice sys-
tem; 
‘‘(C) are at risk of failing to successfully 
complete secondary school or entering the juve-
nile justice system; 
‘‘(D) are truants or runaways; or 
‘‘(E) have siblings or family members who 
are believed to be members of criminal street 
gangs. 
‘‘(2) GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant awarded to an 
eligible local entity under this subtitle shall be for 
not less than $250,000 for 1 fiscal year. Amounts 
made available through such a grant shall remain 
available until expended. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAMS.—An eligible local entity that 
receives funds under this subtitle shall develop or ex-
pand community programs in eligible communities 
that are designed to target at-risk youths and juve-
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nile offenders through prevention, early intervention, 
and graduated sanctions. 
‘‘(2) OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES.—An eligible local 
entity that receives funds under this subtitle may de-
velop a variety of programs to serve the comprehen-
sive needs of at-risk youth and juvenile offenders, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) homework assistance and after-school 
programs, including educational, social, and 
athletic activities; 
‘‘(B) mentoring programs; 
‘‘(C) family counseling; and 
‘‘(D) parental training programs. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATION.—The 
Attorney General shall establish by regulation the criteria 
necessary to qualify as an eligible community, which shall 
include criteria with respect to whether the community is 
located in a high-intensity interstate gang activity area 
designated under section 204 of the Fighting Gangs and 
Empowering Youth Act of 2011. 
‘‘SEC. 30502. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this subtitle, a local entity shall submit 
an application to the Attorney General at such time, in 
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such manner, and accompanied by such information, as 
the Attorney General may reasonably require. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each application 
submitted under subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) contain a comprehensive plan for the pro-
gram that is designed to improve the academic and 
social development of at-risk youths and juvenile of-
fenders in the eligible community, which— 
‘‘(A) identifies an eligible community to be 
assisted; 
‘‘(B) describes the community planning 
process to be used by the local entity that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(i) parents and family members; 
‘‘(ii) local school officials; 
‘‘(iii) teachers employed at schools 
within the eligible community; 
‘‘(iv) local public officials; 
‘‘(v) law enforcement officers and offi-
cials; 
‘‘(vi) clergy and faith-based organiza-
tions; 
‘‘(vii) public housing authorities; 
‘‘(viii) public housing resident organi-
zation members, where applicable; and 
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‘‘(ix) public and private nonprofit or-
ganizations that provide education, child 
protective services, or other human services 
to low-income, at-risk youth and juvenile 
offenders, and their families; and 
‘‘(C) develops a concentrated strategy for 
implementation of the community planning 
process developed under subparagraph (B) that 
targets clusters of at-risk youth and juvenile of-
fenders in the eligible community; 
‘‘(2) provide evidence of support for accom-
plishing the objectives of such plan from— 
‘‘(A) community leaders; 
‘‘(B) a school district; 
‘‘(C) local officials; and 
‘‘(D) other organizations that the local en-
tity determines to be appropriate; 
‘‘(3) provide an assurance that the local entity 
will use grant funds received under this subsection 
to implement the program requirements listed in 
section 30701(b); 
‘‘(4) include an estimate of the number of at- 
risk youth and juvenile offenders in the eligible com-
munity expected to be served under the program; 
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‘‘(5) provide an assurance that the local entity 
will prepare and submit to the Attorney General an 
annual report regarding any program conducted 
under this subtitle; and 
‘‘(6) provide an assurance that the local entity 
will maintain separate accounting records for the 
program. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sub-
title, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible 
local entities that identify under subsection (b)(1)(A) an 
eligible community that, when compared to other eligible 
communities, has a greater need than such other eligible 
communities for assistance under this subtitle, as deter-
mined by the Attorney General based on the criteria estab-
lished under section 30701(c). 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
costs of a program developed or carried out with a grant 
under this section shall be not more than 70 percent. The 
non-Federal share of such costs may be in cash or in kind, 
fairly evaluated, including personnel, facilities, equipment, 
and services. 
‘‘SEC. 30503. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘For purposes of this subtitle— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘local entity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a local educational agency; or 
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‘‘(B) a community-based organization, as 
defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801); and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘eligible community’ means an 
area which meets the criteria established by the At-
torney General in accordance with section 30701(c). 
‘‘SEC. 30504. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for grants 
under this subtitle— 
‘‘(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(2) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 
‘‘(3) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; 
‘‘(4) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; and 
‘‘(5) $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.’’. 
SEC. 106. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE GANG RESISTANCE 
EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECTS PRO-
GRAM AND INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE 
NATIONAL YOUTH GANG SURVEY. 
Section 32401 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13921) is amended 
in subsection (b)— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
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(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) $21,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 
through 2016. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Not more than $1,000,000 of 
the funds authorized under this section for a fiscal year 
shall be used to increase the number of samples collected 
by the National Youth Gang Center for its annual Na-
tional Youth Gang Survey.’’. 
SEC. 107. MENTORING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—From amounts 
made available to carry out this section, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall make grants, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Labor and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of pro-
viding mentoring and other transitional services essential 
to the reentry of offenders into the community. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A nonprofit organization that 
receives a grant under subsection (a) may use the grant 
to— 
(1) mentor adult and juvenile offenders dur-
ing— 
(A) incarceration of the offenders; 
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(B) the transition of the offenders back to 
the community; and 
(C) post-incarceration of the offenders; and 
(2) provide transitional services to assist in the 
reentry of offenders into the community. 
(c) APPLICATION; PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, a nonprofit organization 
shall submit an application to the Attorney General 
based on criteria developed by the Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(2) PRIORITY.—The Attorney General shall give 
priority consideration to applications that— 
(A) include a plan to implement activities 
that have been demonstrated to be effective in 
facilitating the successful reentry of offenders 
into the community; and 
(B) provide for an independent evaluation. 
(d) STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.—The At-
torney General shall require each applicant under this sec-
tion to identify specific performance outcomes related to 
the long-term goal of stabilizing communities by reducing 
recidivism and reintegrating offenders into the commu-
nity. 
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(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2012 through 2016. 
Subtitle B—Recidivism Reduction 
and Reentry Assistance 
SEC. 111. REAUTHORIZATION OF ADULT AND JUVENILE OF-
FENDER STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECTS. 
Section 2976(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(b)) is amend-
ed by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) establishing or improving the system or 
systems under which offenders awaiting reentry into 
the community are provided with documents useful 
in achieving a successful transition from prison, jail, 
or detention (such as identification papers, referrals 
to services, medical prescriptions, job training cer-
tificates, apprenticeship papers, and information on 
obtaining public assistance); 
‘‘(2) carrying out programs and initiatives by 
units of local government to strengthen reentry serv-
ices for offenders released from local jails; 
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than 10 percent of the 82.5 percent shall be available to 
carry out section 225’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall 
submit to Congress a report— 
(1) on the use of literacy funds provided under 
the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 
U.S.C. 9201 et seq.) to correctional institutions, as 
defined in section 225(d)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
9225(d)(2)); and 
(2) that— 
(A) specifies the amount of literacy funds 
that are provided to each category of correc-
tional institution in each State; and 
(B) identifies whether funds are being suf-
ficiently allocated among the various types of 
institutions. 
SEC. 114. GRANTS TO STATES FOR IMPROVED WORKPLACE 
AND COMMUNITY TRANSITION TRAINING FOR 
INCARCERATED YOUTH OFFENDERS. 
Section 821 of the Higher Education Amendments of 
1998 (20 U.S.C. 1151) is amended to read as follows: 
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SEC. 305. 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 heading and inserting 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 striking ‘‘Whoever’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘conspires to do so’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘Any person who travels 
in or causes another (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 in interstate or foreign 
commerce, with intent that a murder or other felony 
crime of violence be committed in violation of the 
laws of any State or the United States as consider-
ation for the receipt of, or as consideration for a 
promise or agreement to pay, anything of pecuniary 
value, or who conspires to do so’’; 
(3) striking ‘‘ten years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 
years’’; and 
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‘‘(B) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—For any 
fiscal year beginning after the date of enact-
ment of the Fighting Gangs and Empowering 
Youth Act of 2011, a State or unit of local gov-
ernment that fails to comply with subparagraph 
(A) shall not be eligible to receive any of the 
funds that would otherwise be allocated for that 
fiscal year to the State or unit of local govern-
ment under subtitle A of title II of such Act. 
‘‘(C) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allo-
cated to a State or unit of local government 
under the subtitle referred to in subparagraph 
(B) for failure to fully comply with subpara-
graph (A) shall be reallocated under that sub-
title to States and units of local government 
that have not failed to comply with such sub-
paragraph. 
‘‘(D) WAIVER.—The Attorney General 
shall waive the requirements of subparagraph 
(A) if compliance with such subparagraph by a 
State or unit of local government would be un-
constitutional under the constitution of the ap-
plicable State.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INVESTIGATION CO-
ORDINATION.—Section 7332 of the Uniform Federal 
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