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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3769 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to require the Attorney General 
to submit an annual report to Congress on gang activity, reporting, 
investigation, and prosecution, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 31, 2023 
Mrs. HINSON (for herself, Ms. KAPTUR, and Mr. RUPPERSBERGER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to require the Attor-
ney General to submit an annual report to Congress 
on gang activity, reporting, investigation, and prosecu-
tion, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gang Activity Report-
ing Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The United States is experiencing an un-
precedented surge in violent crime, including an in-
crease of more than 30 percent in the rate of mur-
ders since 2020. 
(2) The most recent Department of Justice 
data regarding gangs and criminal activity, pub-
lished in the 2011 National Gang Threat Assess-
ment, indicated that gangs were responsible for an 
average of 48 percent of violent crime in the United 
States. 
(3) Up-to-date, accurate, and consistent report-
ing from the relevant Federal agencies relating to 
gang activity in the United States is a foundational 
element in enabling policymakers to enact effective, 
evidence-based policy that protects the people of the 
United States from gang activity. 
SEC. 3. GANG REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 31 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 530E. Report on gang activity, reporting, investiga-
tion, and prosecution 
‘‘(a) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 150 days 
after the date of enactment of the Gang Activity Re-
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porting Act of 2023, and not later than the last day 
of each fiscal year beginning after the date of enact-
ment, the Attorney General shall, in conjunction 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and 
in coordination with State and local law enforcement 
agencies, submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives a report on gang activity, reporting, investiga-
tion, and prosecution. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report described in 
paragraph (1) shall include information relating 
to— 
‘‘(A) the growth of local, national, and 
transnational gangs during the 10-fiscal-year 
period preceding the date on which the report 
is submitted (referred to in this section as the 
‘submission date’)— 
‘‘(i) with specific numerical data; 
‘‘(ii) including changes and trends in 
gang membership, location, and activities 
and enterprises; and 
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‘‘(iii) including relevant data from 
State and local law enforcement agencies; 
‘‘(B) the tools, methods, or networks that 
gangs are using to commit certain crimes, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) the extent to which gangs cooper-
ate; and 
‘‘(ii) an assessment of the kinds of 
crimes on which gangs cooperate; 
‘‘(C) whether and to what extent State- 
based reporting issues affect Federal data col-
lection and accuracy; 
‘‘(D) the initiatives the Department of 
Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and 
Federal Bureau of Investigation undertook dur-
ing the 5-fiscal-year period preceding the sub-
mission date to track gang growth and gang ac-
tivity and to investigate and prosecute related 
unlawful activity, including— 
‘‘(i) the date on which each initiative 
was undertaken; and 
‘‘(ii) if applicable, the date on which 
each initiative was ended, with a detailed 
explanation as to why the initiative was 
ended; 
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‘‘(E) the Federal resources allocated by 
each agency described in subparagraph (D) to 
investigating, prosecuting, and containing gangs 
as of the submission date; 
‘‘(F) gang enforcement statistics from the 
last fiscal year ending before the submission 
date, including the quantity, changes, and 
trends in— 
‘‘(i) gang-related arrests, including 
comparisons to gang-related arrests during 
the 5-fiscal-year period preceding the ap-
plicable fiscal year; 
‘‘(ii) the number of juveniles arrested 
as a result of gang-related activity; 
‘‘(iii) the number of firearms seized by 
law enforcement agencies during gang en-
forcement operations, including the num-
ber of firearms seized from juveniles; and 
‘‘(iv) 
the 
amount 
in 
weight 
of 
fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other 
synthetic opioids seized by law enforcement 
agencies during gang enforcement oper-
ations, including the amount of fentanyl, 
methamphetamine, and other synthetic 
opioids seized from juveniles; 
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‘‘(G) the data collection procedures utilized 
by each agency described in subparagraph (D); 
and 
‘‘(H) any changes to data collection proce-
dures of an agency described in subparagraph 
(D) during the 18-month period preceding the 
submission date, including explanations as to 
why any procedures were changed. 
‘‘(b) CLASSIFICATION.—The report submitted under 
subsection (a), or a portion thereof, may be classified, as 
determined appropriate by the Attorney General, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, and the Director of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 31 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘530E. Report on gang activity, reporting, investigation, and prosecution.’’. 
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