Gang Activity Reporting Act of 2022
Bill: H.R.9195 | Sponsor: Rep. Hinson, Ashley (R-IA)
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Gang Activity Reporting Act of 2022
This bill requires the Department of Justice to report on gang activity, reporting, investigation, and prosecution.

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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gang Activity Reporting Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United States is experiencing an unprecedented 
        surge in violent crime, including an increase of more than 30 
        percent in the rate of murders since 2020.
            (2) The most recent Department of Justice data regarding 
        gangs and criminal activity, published in the 2011 National 
        Gang Threat Assessment, 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 reporting 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 following:
``Sec. 530E. Report on gang activity, reporting, investigation, and 
              prosecution
    ``(a) Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 150 days after the date 
        of enactment of the Gang Activity Reporting Act of 2022, and 
        not later than the last day of each fiscal year beginning after 
        the date of enactment, 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 Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives a report on gang activity, reporting, 
        investigation, 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
                            ``(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, including--
                            ``(i) the extent to which gangs cooperate; 
                        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 collection and 
                accuracy;
                    ``(D) the initiatives the Department of Justice, 
                Department of Homeland Security, and Federal Bureau of 
                Investigation undertook during the 5-fiscal-year period 
                preceding the submission date to track gang growth and 
                gang activity 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;
                    ``(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 applicable 
                        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 
                        enforcement operations, including the number 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 operations, including the amount of 
                        fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other synthetic 
                        opioids seized from juveniles;
                    ``(G) the data collection procedures utilized by 
                each agency described in subparagraph (D); and
                    ``(H) any changes to data collection procedures 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 Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 
Director of the Federal 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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