I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1022 
To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation 
and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, 
to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, 
to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand 
and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2009 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mrs. BONO MACK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 increase and enhance law enforcement resources com-
mitted to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, 
to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law- 
abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, 
to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent 
crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention pro-
grams, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gang Prevention, 
Intervention, and Suppression Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Findings. 
TITLE I—NEW FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAWS NEEDED TO FIGHT 
VIOLENT NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL 
GANGS THAT AFFECT INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE 
Sec. 101. Revision and extension of penalties related to criminal street gang ac-
tivity. 
TITLE II—VIOLENT CRIME REFORMS TO REDUCE GANG 
VIOLENCE 
Sec. 201. Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation to 
a drug trafficking crime. 
Sec. 202. Expansion of rebuttable presumption against release of persons 
charged with firearms offenses. 
Sec. 203. Statute of limitations for violent crimes and terrorism offenses. 
Sec. 204. Study of hearsay exception for forfeiture by wrongdoing. 
Sec. 205. Possession of firearms by dangerous felons. 
Sec. 206. Conforming amendment. 
Sec. 207. Prohibition on illegal gun transfers to commit drug trafficking crimes 
or crimes of violence. 
Sec. 208. Publicity campaign about new criminal penalties and gang-related 
outreach. 
Sec. 209. Predicate crimes for authorization of interception of wire, oral, and 
electronic communications. 
Sec. 210. Clarification of Hobbs Act. 
Sec. 211. Making personal information about certain witnesses and informants 
publicly available with unlawful intent. 
Sec. 212. Amendment of sentencing guidelines. 
TITLE III—INCREASED FEDERAL RESOURCES TO DETER AND 
PREVENT SERIOUSLY AT-RISK YOUTH FROM JOINING ILLEGAL 
STREET GANGS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Sec. 301. Designation of and assistance for high intensity gang activity areas. 
Sec. 302. Gang prevention grants. 
Sec. 303. Enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative to improve en-
forcement of criminal laws against violent gangs. 
Sec. 304. Additional resources needed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
to investigate and prosecute violent criminal street gangs. 
Sec. 305. Grants to prosecutors and law enforcement to combat violent crime. 
Sec. 306. Training at the National Advocacy Center. 
Sec. 307. Short-Term State Witness Protection Section. 
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Sec. 308. Witness protection services. 
Sec. 309. Expansion of Federal witness relocation and protection program. 
Sec. 310. Family abduction prevention grant program. 
Sec. 311. Study on adolescent development and sentences in the Federal sys-
tem. 
TITLE IV—RESOURCES TO STRENGTHEN EMPLOYMENT AND 
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR FORMER OFFENDERS 
Sec. 401. Grants to assist juvenile offender reintegration projects. 
Sec. 402. Employment and education grants to assist in reducing recidivism. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) violent crime and drug trafficking are per-
vasive problems at the national, State, and local 
level; 
(2) according to recent Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, Uniform Crime Reports, violent crime in 
the United States is on the rise, with a 2.3 percent 
increase in violent crime in 2005 (the largest in-
crease in the United States in 15 years) and an even 
larger 3.7 percent jump during the first 6 months 
of 2006, and the Police Executive Research Forum 
reports that, among jurisdictions providing informa-
tion, homicides are up 10.21 percent, robberies are 
up 12.27 percent, and aggravated assaults with fire-
arms are up 9.98 percent since 2004; 
(3) these disturbing rises in violent crime are 
attributable in part to the spread of criminal street 
gangs and the willingness of gang members to com-
mit acts of violence and drug trafficking offenses; 
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(4) according to a recent National Drug Threat 
Assessment, criminal street gangs are responsible for 
much of the retail distribution of the cocaine, meth-
amphetamine, heroin, and other illegal drugs being 
distributed in rural and urban communities through-
out the United States; 
(5) gangs commit acts of violence or drug of-
fenses for numerous motives, such as membership in 
or loyalty to the gang, for protecting gang territory, 
and for profit; 
(6) gang presence and intimidation, and the or-
ganized and repetitive nature of the crimes that 
gangs and gang members commit, has a pernicious 
effect on the free flow of interstate commercial ac-
tivities and directly affects the freedom and security 
of communities plagued by gang activity, dimin-
ishing the value of property, inhibiting the desire of 
national and multinational corporations to transact 
business in those communities, and in a variety of 
ways directly and substantially affecting interstate 
and foreign commerce; 
(7) gangs often recruit and utilize minors to en-
gage in acts of violence and other serious offenses 
out of a belief that the criminal justice systems are 
more lenient on juvenile offenders; 
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(8) gangs often intimidate and threaten wit-
nesses to prevent successful prosecutions; 
(9) gangs prey upon and incorporate minors 
into their ranks, exploiting the fact that adolescents 
have immature decision-making capacity, therefore, 
gang activity and recruitment can be reduced and 
deterred through increased vigilance, appropriate 
criminal penalties, partnerships between Federal and 
State and local law enforcement, and proactive pre-
vention and intervention efforts, particularly tar-
geted at juveniles and young adults, prior to and 
even during gang involvement; 
(10) State and local prosecutors and law en-
forcement officers have enlisted the help of Congress 
in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of 
gang crimes and in the protection of witnesses and 
victims of gang crimes; and 
(11) because State and local prosecutors and 
law enforcement have the expertise, experience, and 
connection to the community that is needed to assist 
in combating gang violence, consultation and coordi-
nation between Federal, State, and local law enforce-
ment and collaboration with other community agen-
cies is critical to the successful prosecutions of 
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criminal street gangs and reduction of gang prob-
lems. 
TITLE I—NEW FEDERAL CRIMI-
NAL LAWS NEEDED TO FIGHT 
VIOLENT NATIONAL, INTER-
NATIONAL, 
REGIONAL, 
AND 
LOCAL GANGS THAT AFFECT 
INTERSTATE 
AND 
FOREIGN 
COMMERCE 
SEC. 101. REVISION AND EXTENSION OF PENALTIES RE-
LATED TO CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIV-
ITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 26 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 26—CRIMINAL STREET GANGS 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘521. Definitions. 
‘‘522. Criminal street gang prosecutions. 
‘‘523. Recruitment of persons to participate in a criminal street gang. 
‘‘524. Forfeiture. 
‘‘§ 521. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) CRIMINAL
STREET
GANG.—The term 
‘criminal street gang’ means a formal or informal 
group, organization, or association of 5 or more indi-
viduals— 
‘‘(A) each of whom has committed at least 
1 gang crime; and 
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‘‘(B) who collectively commit 3 or more 
gang crimes (not less than 1 of which is a seri-
ous violent felony, and if fewer than 2 of which 
are serious violent felonies, not less than 1 of 
which is a violent felony) in furtherance of the 
group, organization, or association, in separate 
criminal episodes (not less than 1 of which oc-
curs after the date of enactment of the Gang 
Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act, 
and the last of which occurs not later than 5 
years after the commission of a prior gang 
crime). 
‘‘(2) GANG
CRIME.—The term ‘gang crime’ 
means an offense under Federal law punishable by 
imprisonment for more than 1 year, or a felony of-
fense under State law that is punishable by a term 
of imprisonment of 5 years or more in any of the 
following categories: 
‘‘(A) A crime that has as an element the 
use, attempted use, or threatened use of phys-
ical force against the person of another, or is 
burglary, arson, kidnapping, or extortion. 
‘‘(B) A crime involving obstruction of jus-
tice, or tampering with or retaliating against a 
witness, victim, or informant. 
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‘‘(C) A crime involving the manufacturing, 
importing, distributing, possessing with intent 
to distribute, or otherwise trafficking in a con-
trolled substance or listed chemical (as those 
terms are defined in section 102 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)). 
‘‘(D) Any conduct punishable under— 
‘‘(i) section 844 (relating to explosive 
materials); 
‘‘(ii) subsection (a)(1), (d), (g)(1) 
(where the underlying conviction is a vio-
lent felony or a serious drug offense (as 
those terms are defined in section 924(e)), 
(g)(2), (g)(3), (g)(4), (g)(5), (g)(8), (g)(9), 
(g)(10), (g)(11), (i), (j), (k), (n), (o), (p), 
(q), (u), or (x) of section 922 (relating to 
unlawful acts); 
‘‘(iii) subsection (b), (c), (g), (h), (k), 
(l), (m), or (n) of section 924 (relating to 
penalties); 
‘‘(iv) section 930 (relating to posses-
sion of firearms and dangerous weapons in 
Federal facilities); 
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‘‘(v) section 931 (relating to purchase, 
ownership, or possession of body armor by 
violent felons); 
‘‘(vi) sections 1028 and 1029 (relating 
to fraud, identity theft, and related activity 
in connection with identification documents 
or access devices); 
‘‘(vii) section 1084 (relating to trans-
mission of wagering information); 
‘‘(viii) section 1952 (relating to inter-
state and foreign travel or transportation 
in aid of racketeering enterprises); 
‘‘(ix) section 1956 (relating to the 
laundering of monetary instruments); 
‘‘(x) section 1957 (relating to engag-
ing in monetary transactions in property 
derived from specified unlawful activity); 
or 
‘‘(xi) sections 2312 through 2315 (re-
lating to interstate transportation of stolen 
motor vehicles or stolen property). 
‘‘(E) Any conduct punishable under section 
274 (relating to bringing in and harboring cer-
tain aliens), section 277 (relating to aiding or 
assisting certain aliens to enter the United 
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States), or section 278 (relating to importation 
of aliens for immoral purposes) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324, 1327, 
and 1328). 
‘‘(F) Any crime involving aggravated sex-
ual abuse, sexual assault, pimping or pandering 
involving prostitution, sexual exploitation of 
children (including sections 2251, 2251A, 2252 
and 2260), peonage, slavery, or trafficking in 
persons (including sections 1581 through 1592) 
and sections 2421 through 2427 (relating to 
transport for illegal sexual activity). 
‘‘(3) MINOR.—The term ‘minor’ means an indi-
vidual who is less than 18 years of age. 
‘‘(4) SERIOUS
VIOLENT
FELONY.—The term 
‘serious violent felony’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 3559. 
‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or 
possession of the United States. 
‘‘(6) VIOLENT FELONY.—The term ‘violent fel-
ony’ means any offense that has as an element the 
use of physical force against the person of another, 
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or is burglary, arson, kidnapping, or extortion, but 
is not a serious violent felony. 
‘‘§ 522. Criminal street gang prosecutions 
‘‘(a) STREET GANG CRIME.—It shall be unlawful for 
any person to knowingly commit, or conspire (with any 
act to effect the object of the conspiracy), threaten, or at-
tempt to commit, a gang crime for the purpose of fur-
thering the activities of a criminal street gang, or gaining 
entrance to or maintaining or increasing position in a 
criminal street gang, or as consideration for anything of 
pecuniary value to or from a criminal street gang, if the 
activities of that criminal street gang occur in or affect 
interstate or foreign commerce. 
‘‘(b) PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) COMMISSION; 
ATTEMPTS; 
CONSPIRACY 
LEADERS.—Any person who commits, attempts to 
commit, or conspires to commit (and occupies a po-
sition of organizer, a supervisory position, or any 
other position of management within the criminal 
street gang for such conspiracy) an offense described 
under subsection (a) that is— 
‘‘(A) murder, kidnapping, or conduct that 
would violate section 2241 if the conduct oc-
curred in the special maritime and territorial 
jurisdiction of the United States, shall be fined 
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under this title and imprisoned for any term of 
years or for life; 
‘‘(B) any other serious violent felony, shall 
be fined under this title and imprisoned for not 
more than 30 years; 
‘‘(C) any violent felony, shall be fined 
under this title and imprisoned for not more 
than 20 years; and 
‘‘(D) not described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (C), shall be fined under this title and 
imprisoned for not more than 10 years. 
‘‘(2) OTHER CONSPIRACY MEMBERS.—Any per-
son who conspires to commit (and who does not oc-
cupy a position of organizer, a supervisory position, 
or any other position of management within the 
criminal street gang for such conspiracy) an offense 
described under subsection (a) that is— 
‘‘(A) murder, shall be fined under this title 
and imprisoned for not more than 25 years; and 
‘‘(B) any other serious violent felony or 
violent felony, shall be fined under this title and 
imprisoned for not more than 15 years. 
‘‘(3) THREATS.—Any person who threatens to 
commit an offense described under subsection (a) 
that is— 
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‘‘(4) with respect to a person who violates such 
subsection and is not described in paragraph (1), 
(2), or (3), (other than a person described in para-
graph (5)), be fined under this title, imprisoned not 
more than 5 years, or both; and 
‘‘(5) with respect to a person who conspires to 
commit an offense which violates such subsection 
and is not described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) 
(but who does not occupy a position of organizer, a 
supervisory position, or any other position of man-
agement in such conspiracy), be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both. 
‘‘(c) CONSECUTIVE NATURE OF PENALTIES.—Any 
term of imprisonment imposed under subsection (b)(2) 
shall be consecutive to any term imposed for any other 
offense. 
‘‘§ 524. Forfeiture 
‘‘(a) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE.—A person who is con-
victed of a violation of this chapter shall forfeit to the 
United States— 
‘‘(1) any property used, or intended to be used, 
in any manner or part, to commit, or to facilitate 
the commission of, the violation; and 
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‘‘(2) any property constituting, or derived from, 
any proceeds obtained, directly or indirectly, as a re-
sult of the violation. 
‘‘(b) PROCEDURES APPLICABLE.—Pursuant to sec-
tion 2461(c) of title 28, the provisions of section 413 of 
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853), except 
subsections (a) and (d) of that section, shall apply to the 
criminal forfeiture of property under this section.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT RELATING TO PRIORITY OF FOR-
FEITURE OVER ORDERS
FOR RESTITUTION.—Section 
3663(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘chapter 46 or’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 26, 
chapter 46, or’’. 
(c) MONEY LAUNDERING.—Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, 
section 522 (relating to criminal street gang prosecutions), 
and 523 (relating to recruitment of persons to participate 
in a criminal street gang)’’ before ‘‘, section 541’’. 
(d) AMENDMENT OF SPECIAL SENTENCING PROVI-
SION PROHIBITING PRISONER COMMUNICATIONS.—Sec-
tion 3582(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘chapter 26 (criminal street 
gangs),’’ before ‘‘chapter 95’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘a criminal street gang or’’ be-
fore ‘‘an illegal enterprise’’. 
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TITLE II—VIOLENT CRIME RE-
FORMS TO REDUCE GANG VI-
OLENCE 
SEC. 201. MURDER AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES COM-
MITTED DURING AND IN RELATION TO A 
DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 424. MURDER AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES COM-
MITTED DURING AND IN RELATION TO A 
DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, during and in relation 
to any drug trafficking crime, knowingly commits any 
crime of violence against any individual that is an offense 
under Federal law punishable by imprisonment for more 
than 1 year or a felony offense under State law that is 
punishable by a term of imprisonment of 5 years or more, 
or threatens, attempts or conspires to do so, shall be pun-
ished by a fine under title 18, United States Code, and— 
‘‘(1) for murder, kidnapping, or conduct that 
would violate section 2241 if the conduct occurred in 
the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of 
the United States, by imprisonment for any term of 
years or for life; 
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‘‘(2) for a serious violent felony (as defined in 
section 3559 of title 18, United States Code) other 
than a felony described in paragraph (1), by impris-
onment for not more than 30 years; 
‘‘(3) for a crime of violence that is not a serious 
violent felony, by imprisonment for not more than 
20 years; 
‘‘(4) for conspiring to commit a crime of vio-
lence, by imprisonment for not more than 10 years; 
and 
‘‘(5) for threatening to commit a crime of vio-
lence, by imprisonment for not more than 8 years. 
‘‘(b) VENUE.—A prosecution for a violation of this 
section may be brought in— 
‘‘(1) the judicial district in which the murder or 
other crime of violence occurred; or 
‘‘(2) any judicial district in which the drug traf-
ficking crime may be prosecuted. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘crime of violence’ means an of-
fense that has as an element the use of physical 
force against the person of another; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘drug trafficking crime’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 924(c)(2) of title 
18, United States Code.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Con-
trol Act of 1970 (Public Law 91–513; 84 Stat. 1236) is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
423, the following: 
‘‘Sec. 424. Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation 
to a drug trafficking crime.’’. 
SEC. 202. EXPANSION OF REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION 
AGAINST RELEASE OF PERSONS CHARGED 
WITH FIREARMS OFFENSES. 
Section 3142(e) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended in the matter following paragraph (3), by insert-
ing after ‘‘that the person committed’’ the following: ‘‘an 
offense under subsection (g)(1) (where the underlying con-
viction is a drug trafficking crime or crime of violence (as 
those terms are defined in section 924(c))), (g)(2), (g)(3), 
(g)(4), (g)(5), (g)(8), (g)(9), (g)(10), or (g)(11) of section 
922,’’. 
SEC. 203. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR VIOLENT CRIMES 
AND TERRORISM OFFENSES. 
(a) STATUTE
OF
LIMITATIONS
FOR
VIOLENT 
CRIMES.—Chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 3299A. Violent crime offenses 
‘‘No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished 
for any noncapital felony crime of violence, including any 
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racketeering activity or gang crime which involves any 
crime of violence, unless the indictment is found or the 
information is instituted not later than 8 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: 
‘‘3299A. Violent crime offenses.’’. 
(c) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR TERRORISM OF-
FENSES.—Section 3286(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘EIGHT-YEAR’’ and inserting ‘‘TEN-YEAR’’; and 
(2) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘8 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 
SEC. 204. STUDY OF HEARSAY EXCEPTION FOR FOR-
FEITURE BY WRONGDOING. 
The Judicial Conference of the United States shall 
study section 804(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence to 
determine the necessity and desirability of amending that 
section, including the possible expansion of section 
804(b)(6), and shall make modifications as the Judicial 
Conference sees fit. 
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SEC. 205. POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY DANGEROUS FEL-
ONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 924(e) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (1) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) A person who violates subsection (g) of section 
922 of this title and has previously been convicted by any 
court referred to in section 922(g)(1) of a violent felony 
or a serious drug offense shall— 
‘‘(A) in the case of 1 such prior conviction, 
where a period of not more than 10 years has 
elapsed since the later of the date of conviction and 
the date of release of the person from imprisonment 
for that conviction, be imprisoned for not more than 
15 years, fined under this title, or both; 
‘‘(B) in the case of 2 such prior convictions, 
committed on occasions different from one another, 
and where a period of not more than 10 years has 
elapsed since the later of the date of conviction and 
the date of release of the person from imprisonment 
for the most recent such conviction, be imprisoned 
for not more than 20 years, fined under this title, 
or both; and 
‘‘(C) in the case of 3 such prior convictions, 
committed on occasions different from one another, 
and where a period of not more than 10 years has 
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elapsed since the later of the date of conviction and 
the date of release of the person from imprisonment 
for the most recent such conviction, be imprisoned 
for any term of years or for life and fined under this 
title, and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the court shall not suspend the sentence of, or 
grant a probationary sentence to, such person with 
respect to the conviction under section 922(g).’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO SENTENCING GUIDELINES.— 
Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title 28, 
United States Code, the United States Sentencing Com-
mission shall amend the Federal Sentencing Guidelines to 
provide for an appropriate increase in the offense level for 
violations of section 922(g) of title 18, United States 
Code, in accordance with section 924(e) of that title 18, 
as amended by subsection (a). 
SEC. 206. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
The matter preceding paragraph (1) in section 
922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, transfer,’’ after ‘‘sell’’. 
SEC. 207. PROHIBITION ON ILLEGAL GUN TRANSFERS TO 
COMMIT DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIMES OR 
CRIMES OF VIOLENCE. 
Section 924(h) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(h) Whoever knowingly transfers a firearm that has 
moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign 
commerce, knowing that the firearm will be used to com-
mit, or possessed in furtherance of, a crime of violence 
(as defined in subsection (c)(3)) or drug trafficking crime 
(as defined in subsection (c)(2)) shall be fined under this 
title and imprisoned not more than 20 years.’’. 
SEC. 208. PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN ABOUT NEW CRIMINAL 
PENALTIES AND GANG-RELATED OUTREACH. 
(a) MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.—The Attorney General is 
authorized to conduct media campaigns in any area des-
ignated as a high intensity gang activity area under sec-
tion 301 and any area with existing and emerging prob-
lems with gangs, as needed, to— 
(1) educate individuals in that area about the 
changes in criminal penalties made by this Act; and 
(2) provide information to individuals in that 
area about service providers in the community that 
provide gang-involved or at-risk youth with positive 
alternatives to gangs and other violent groups and 
that address the needs of those who leave gangs and 
other violent groups and those reentering society 
from prison (including service providers experienced 
at reaching youth and adults who have been involved 
in violence and violent gangs or groups). 
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(b) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall report to 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives the amount of expenditures and all other aspects of 
the media campaigns conducted under this section. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 
2014. 
SEC. 209. PREDICATE CRIMES FOR AUTHORIZATION OF 
INTERCEPTION OF WIRE, ORAL, AND ELEC-
TRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. 
Section 2516(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ and the end of paragraph 
(r); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (s) as para-
graph (u); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (r) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(s) any violation of section 424 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (relating to murder and other 
violent crimes in furtherance of a drug trafficking 
crime); 
‘‘(t) any violation of section 522 or 523; or’’. 
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SEC. 210. CLARIFICATION OF HOBBS ACT. 
Section 1951(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘including 
the unlawful impersonation of a law enforcement of-
ficer (as that term is defined in section 245(c) of 
this title),’’ after ‘‘by means of actual or threatened 
force,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘including 
the unlawful impersonation of a law enforcement of-
ficer (as that term is defined in section 245(c) of 
this title),’’ after ‘‘by wrongful use of actual or 
threatened force,’’. 
SEC. 211. MAKING PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CER-
TAIN WITNESSES AND INFORMANTS PUB-
LICLY AVAILABLE WITH UNLAWFUL INTENT. 
(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever knowingly makes restricted 
personal information about a covered individual, or a 
member of the immediate family of that covered indi-
vidual, publicly available in or affecting interstate or for-
eign commerce— 
(1) with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or 
incite the commission of a crime of violence against 
that covered individual, or a member of the imme-
diate family of that covered individual; or 
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(2) with the intent that the restricted personal 
information will be used to threaten, intimidate, or 
facilitate the commission of a crime of violence 
against that covered individual, or a member of the 
immediate family of that covered individual; 
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, impris-
oned not more than 10 years, or both. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘restricted personal information’’ 
means, with respect to an individual, the Social Se-
curity number, the home address, home phone num-
ber, mobile phone number, personal email, or home 
fax number of that individual; 
(2) the term ‘‘covered individual’’ means a wit-
ness or informant in a Federal or State criminal in-
vestigation or prosecution; 
(3) the term ‘‘crime of violence’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 16 of title 18, United 
States Code; and 
(4) the term ‘‘immediate family’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 115(c)(2) of title 18, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 212. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to its authority under 
section 994 of title 28, United States Code, and in accord-
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ance with this section, the United States Sentencing Com-
mission shall review and, if appropriate, amend its guide-
lines and policy statements to conform with this title and 
the amendments made by this title. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out this section, 
the United States Sentencing Commission shall— 
(1) establish new guidelines and policy state-
ments, as warranted, in order to implement new or 
revised criminal offenses under this title and the 
amendments made by this title; 
(2) consider the extent to which the guidelines 
and policy statements adequately address— 
(A) whether the guidelines offense levels 
and enhancements— 
(i) are sufficient to deter and punish 
such offenses; and 
(ii) are adequate in view of the statu-
tory increases in penalties contained in this 
title and the amendments made by this 
title; and 
(B) whether any existing or new specific 
offense characteristics should be added to re-
flect congressional intent to increase penalties 
for the offenses set forth in this title and the 
amendments made by this title; 
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(3) consider whether specific offense character-
istics should be added to increase the guideline 
range— 
(A) by additional offense levels, if a crimi-
nal defendant committing a gang crime or gang 
recruiting offense was an alien who was present 
in the United States in violation of section 275 
or 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1325 and 1326) at the time the of-
fense was committed; and 
(B) by further additional offense levels, if 
such defendant had also previously been or-
dered removed or deported under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.) on the grounds of having committed a 
crime; 
(4) determine under what circumstances a sen-
tence of imprisonment imposed under this title or 
the amendments made by this title shall run con-
secutively to any other sentence of imprisonment im-
posed for any other crime, except that the Commis-
sion shall ensure that a sentence of imprisonment 
imposed under section 424 of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.), as added by 
this Act, shall run consecutively, to an extent that 
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the Sentencing Commission determines appropriate, 
to the sentence imposed for the underlying drug 
trafficking offense; 
(5) account for any aggravating or mitigating 
circumstances that might justify exceptions to the 
generally applicable sentencing ranges; 
(6) ensure reasonable consistency with other 
relevant directives, other sentencing guidelines, and 
statutes; 
(7) make any necessary and conforming 
changes to the sentencing guidelines and policy 
statements; and 
(8) ensure that the guidelines adequately meet 
the purposes of sentencing set forth in section 
3553(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code. 
TITLE III—INCREASED FEDERAL 
RESOURCES TO DETER AND 
PREVENT SERIOUSLY AT-RISK 
YOUTH FROM JOINING ILLE-
GAL STREET GANGS AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
SEC. 301. DESIGNATION OF AND ASSISTANCE FOR HIGH IN-
TENSITY GANG ACTIVITY AREAS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(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 GANG ACTIVITY AREA.— 
The term ‘‘high intensity gang activity area’’ or 
‘‘HIGAA’’ means an area within 1 or more States 
or Indian country that is designated as a high inten-
sity 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. 
(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 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 gang activity 
areas, specific areas that are located within 1 or 
more States, which may consist of 1 or more munici-
palities, counties, or other jurisdictions as appro-
priate. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—In order to provide Federal 
assistance to high intensity 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, 
and local law enforcement authorities, for 
the coordinated investigation, disruption, 
apprehension, and prosecution of criminal 
street gangs and offenders in each high in-
tensity gang activity area; 
(ii) educational, community, and faith 
leaders in the area; 
(iii) service providers in the commu-
nity, including those experienced at reach-
ing youth and adults who have been in-
volved in violence and violent gangs or 
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groups, to provide gang-involved or seri-
ously at-risk youth with positive alter-
natives to gangs and other violent groups 
and to address the needs of those who 
leave gangs and other violent groups, and 
those reentering society from prison; and 
(iv) evaluation teams to research and 
collect 
information, 
assess 
data, 
rec-
ommend adjustments, and generally assure 
the accountability and effectiveness of pro-
gram implementation; 
(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) direct the reassignment or detailing of 
representatives from— 
(i) the Department of Justice; 
(ii) the Department of Education; 
(iii) the Department of Labor; 
(iv) the Department of Health and 
Human Services; 
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(v) the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development; and 
(vi) any other Federal department or 
agency; 
(subject to the approval of the head of that de-
partment or agency, in the case of a depart-
ment or agency other than the Department of 
Justice) to each high intensity gang activity 
area to identify and coordinate efforts to access 
Federal programs and resources available to 
provide gang prevention, intervention, and re-
entry assistance; 
(D) prioritize and administer the Federal 
program and resource requests made by the 
local collaborative working group established 
under subparagraph (A) for each high intensity 
gang activity area; 
(E) provide all necessary funding for the 
operation of each local collaborative working 
group in each high intensity gang activity area; 
and 
(F) provide all necessary funding for na-
tional and regional meetings of local collabo-
rative working groups, criminal street gang en-
forcement teams, and educational, community, 
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social service, faith-based, and all other related 
organizations, as needed, to ensure effective op-
eration 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; 
(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 
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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 qualitative and 
quantitative data indicate that violent crime in 
the area is related to criminal street gang activ-
ity, 
such 
as 
murder, 
robbery, 
assaults, 
carjacking, arson, kidnapping, extortion, drug 
trafficking, and other criminal activity; 
(C) the extent to which State, local, and, 
where appropriate, tribal law enforcement agen-
cies, schools, community groups, social service 
agencies, job agencies, faith-based organiza-
tions, and other organizations 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; 
(E) whether the area— 
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(i) has a comprehensive strategy to 
respond to local gang-related issues (in-
cluding prevention and intervention); 
(ii) coordinates Federal actions and 
resources to support local implementation 
of such comprehensive strategy; and 
(iii) maximizes the resources available 
from the various levels of government for 
responding to gang-related issues; and 
(F) any other criteria that the Attorney 
General considers to be appropriate. 
(5) RELATION
TO
HIDTAS.—If the Attorney 
General establishes a high intensity gang activity 
area that substantially overlaps geographically with 
any existing high intensity drug trafficking area (in 
this section referred to as a ‘‘HIDTA’’), the Attor-
ney General shall direct the local collaborative work-
ing group for that high intensity 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 gang 
activity area law enforcement steering com-
mittee, and select (with a preference for Fed-
eral, State, and local law enforcement agencies 
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that are within the geographic area of that high 
intensity gang activity area) the members of 
that committee, subject to the concurrence of 
the Attorney General; 
(B) the high intensity gang activity area 
law enforcement steering committee established 
under subparagraph (A) shall administer the 
funds provided under subsection (g)(1) for the 
criminal street gang enforcement team, after 
consulting with, and consistent with the goals 
and strategies established by, that local collabo-
rative working group; 
(C) the high intensity gang activity area 
law enforcement steering committee established 
under subparagraph (A) shall select, from Fed-
eral, State, and local law enforcement agencies 
within the geographic area of that high inten-
sity gang activity area, the members of the 
Criminal Street Gang Enforcement Team, in 
accordance with paragraph (3); and 
(D) the Criminal Street Gang Enforcement 
Team of that high intensity gang activity area, 
and its law enforcement steering committee, 
may, with approval of the Executive Board of 
the HIDTA with which it substantially over-
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laps, utilize the intelligence-sharing, administra-
tive, and other resources of that HIDTA. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 1 
of each year, the Attorney General shall submit a re-
port to the appropriate committees of Congress and 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et and the Domestic Policy Council that describes, 
for each designated high intensity gang activity 
area— 
(A) the specific long-term and short-term 
goals and objectives; 
(B) the measurements used to evaluate the 
performance of the high intensity gang activity 
area in achieving the long-term and short-term 
goals; 
(C) the age, composition, and membership 
of gangs; 
(D) the number and nature of crimes com-
mitted by gangs and gang members; 
(E) the definition of the term ‘‘gang’’ used 
to compile that report; and 
(F) the programmatic outcomes and fund-
ing needs of the high intensity gang area, in-
cluding— 
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(i) an evidence-based analysis of the 
best practices and outcomes from the work 
of the relevant local collaborative working 
group; and 
(ii) an analysis of whether Federal re-
sources distributed meet the needs of the 
high intensity gang activity area and, if 
any programmatic funding shortfalls exist, 
recommendations for programs or funding 
to meet such shortfalls. 
(2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
on Education and Labor, and the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(d) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTOR-
NEYS.—The Attorney General is authorized to hire 94 ad-
ditional Assistant United States attorneys, and non-
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attorney coordinators and paralegals as necessary, to 
carry out the provisions of this section. 
(e) ADDITIONAL DEFENSE COUNSEL.—In each of 
the fiscal years 2010 through 2014, the Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts is au-
thorized to hire 71 additional attorneys, nonattorney coor-
dinators, and investigators, as necessary, in Federal De-
fender Programs and Federal Community Defender Orga-
nizations, and to make additional payments as necessary 
to retain appointed counsel under section 3006A of title 
18, United States Code, to adequately respond to any in-
creased or expanded caseloads that may occur as a result 
of this Act or the amendments made by this Act. Funding 
under this subsection shall not exceed the funding levels 
under subsection (d). 
(f) NATIONAL GANG RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND 
POLICY INSTITUTE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Justice Pro-
grams of the Department of Justice, after consulting 
with relevant law enforcement officials, practitioners 
and researchers, shall establish a National Gang Re-
search, Evaluation, and Policy Institute (in this sub-
section referred to as the ‘‘Institute’’). 
(2) ACTIVITIES.—The Institute shall— 
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(A) promote and facilitate the implementa-
tion of data-driven, effective gang violence sup-
pression, prevention, intervention, and reentry 
models, such as the Operation Ceasefire model, 
the Strategic Public Health Approach, the 
Gang Reduction Program, or any other prom-
ising municipally driven, comprehensive commu-
nity-wide strategy that is demonstrated to be 
effective in reducing gang violence; 
(B) assist jurisdictions by conducting time-
ly research on effective models and designing 
and promoting implementation of effective local 
strategies, including programs that have objec-
tives and data on how they reduce gang violence 
(including shootings and killings), using preven-
tion, outreach, and community approaches, and 
that demonstrate the efficacy of these ap-
proaches; and 
(C) provide and contract for technical as-
sistance as needed 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 re-
duce and prevent gang violence, and to teach and 
promote gang violence prevention, intervention, and 
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reentry strategies. The conference shall be attended 
by appropriate representatives from criminal street 
gang enforcement teams, and local collaborative 
working groups, including representatives of edu-
cational, community, religious, and social service or-
ganizations, and gang program and policy research 
evaluators. 
(4) NATIONAL
DEMONSTRATION
SITES.—Not 
later than 120 days after the date of its formation, 
the Institute shall select appropriate HIGAA areas 
to serve as primary national demonstration sites, 
based on the nature, concentration, and distribution 
of various gang types, the jurisdiction’s established 
capacity to integrate prevention, intervention, re-
entry and enforcement efforts, and the range of par-
ticular gang-related issues. After establishing pri-
mary national demonstration sites, the Institute 
shall establish such other secondary sites, to be 
linked to and receive evaluation, research, and tech-
nical assistance through the primary sites, as it may 
determine 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 about methods to effectively reduce 
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and prevent gang violence, including guides, research 
and assessment 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 dis-
seminate appropriate information to assist jurisdic-
tions in reducing gang violence. 
(6) GANG
INTERVENTION
ACADEMIES.—Not 
later than 6 months after the date of its formation, 
the Institute shall, either directly or through con-
tracts with qualified nonprofit organizations, estab-
lish not less than 1 training academy, located in a 
high intensity gang activity area, to promote effec-
tive gang intervention and community policing. The 
purposes of an academy established under this para-
graph shall be to increase professionalism of gang 
intervention workers, improve officer training for 
working with gang intervention workers, create best 
practices for independent cooperation between offi-
cers and intervention workers, and develop training 
for community policing. 
(7) SUPPORT.—The Institute shall obtain initial 
and continuing support from experienced researchers 
and practitioners, as it determines necessary, to test 
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and assist in implementing its strategies nationally, 
regionally, and locally. 
(8) 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 and continue to test 
the models described in paragraph (2) in par-
ticularly 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 local, regional, na-
tional, or international gang problems, such as 
the emergence of the gang known as MS–13. 
(9) EVALUATION.—The National Institute of 
Justice shall evaluate, on a continuing basis, com-
prehensive gang violence prevention, intervention, 
suppression, and reentry strategies supported by the 
Institute, and shall report the results of these eval-
uations by no later than October 1 each year to the 
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Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(10) FUNDS.—The Attorney General shall use 
not less than 3 percent, and not more than 5 per-
cent, of the amounts made available under this sec-
tion to establish and operate the Institute. 
(g) USE OF FUNDS.—Of amounts made available to 
a local collaborative working group under this section for 
each fiscal year that are remaining after the costs of hir-
ing a full time coordinator for the local collaborative effort, 
funds shall be used as follows: 
(1) GANG
ENFORCEMENT
AND
RESEARCH 
FUNDING.—Fifty percent of the funds shall be 
used— 
(A) for the operation of criminal street 
gang enforcement teams; 
(B) for the establishment and operation of 
the National Gang Research, Evaluation, and 
Policy Institute; and 
(C) to support and provide technical assist-
ance to research in criminal justice, social serv-
ices, and community gang violence prevention 
collaborations. 
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(2) GANG PREVENTION FUNDING.—Fifty per-
cent of the funds shall be used to provide 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 through— 
(A) service providers in the community, in-
cluding schools, school districts, and county of-
fices of education that are engaged in activities 
that offer support and assistance to local edu-
cational agencies; and 
(B) faith leaders and other individuals ex-
perienced at reaching youth who have been in-
volved in violence and violent gangs or groups. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 
Any funds made available under this subsection shall re-
main available until expended. 
SEC. 302. GANG PREVENTION GRANTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.— 
(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Office of Jus-
tice Programs of the Department of Justice may 
make grants, in accordance with such regulations as 
the Attorney General may prescribe, to States, units 
of local government, tribal governments, and quali-
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fied private entities, to develop community-based 
programs that provide crime prevention, research, 
and intervention services that are designed for gang 
members and at-risk youth. 
(2) SELECTION PRIORITY.—In selecting entities 
to receive grants under this section, the Office of 
Justice Programs shall give priority to entities 
that— 
(A) have a comprehensive strategy to carry 
out community-based programs described in 
paragraph (1) to respond to local gang-related 
issues (including prevention and intervention), 
or, with respect to States or qualified private 
entities that are not able to carry out such a 
strategy in a local community, coordinate with 
a local entity in such community to carry out 
the comprehensive strategy of such local entity; 
(B) coordinate Federal actions and re-
sources to support local implementation of such 
comprehensive strategies; and 
(C) maximize the resources available from 
the various levels of government for such com-
munity-based programs. 
(b) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—A grant under this 
section may be used (including through subgrants) for— 
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(1) preventing initial gang recruitment and in-
volvement among younger teenagers; 
(2) reducing gang involvement through non-
violent and constructive activities, such as commu-
nity service programs, development of nonviolent 
conflict resolution skills, employment and legal as-
sistance, family counseling, and other safe, commu-
nity-based alternatives for high-risk youth; 
(3) developing in-school and after-school gang 
safety, control, education, and resistance procedures 
and programs; 
(4) identifying and addressing early childhood 
risk factors for gang involvement, including parent 
training and childhood skills development; 
(5) identifying and fostering protective factors 
that buffer children and adolescents from gang in-
volvement; 
(6) developing and identifying investigative pro-
grams designed to deter gang recruitment, involve-
ment, and activities through effective intelligence 
gathering; 
(7) developing programs and youth centers for 
first-time nonviolent offenders facing alternative 
penalties, such as mandated participation in commu-
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nity service, restitution, counseling, and education 
and prevention programs; 
(8) implementing regional, multidisciplinary ap-
proaches to combat gang violence though coordi-
nated programs for prevention and intervention (in-
cluding street outreach programs and other peace-
making activities) or coordinated law enforcement 
activities that enhance reintegration strategies for 
offender reentry; or 
(9) identifying at-risk and high-risk students 
through home visits organized through joint collabo-
rations between law enforcement, faith-based organi-
zations, schools, and social workers. 
(c) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) MAXIMUM.—The amount of a grant under 
this section may not exceed $1,000,000. 
(2) CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION.—Each 
recipient of a grant under this section shall have in 
effect on the date of the application by that entity 
agreements to consult and cooperate with local, 
State, or Federal law enforcement and participate, 
as appropriate, in coordinated efforts to reduce gang 
activity and violence. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
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