ANTI-GANG Act

Bill: 108-s-2358
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arrest
Arson
Assault
Automobile theft
Burglary
Collection of accounts
Compensation for victims of crime
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Conspiracy
Cost accounting
Cost effectiveness
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Data banks
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Explosives
Extortion
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Forfeiture
Fraud
Gangs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Homicide
Identification devices
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Imprisonment
Indian law enforcement
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Juvenile delinquency
Kidnapping
Larceny
Law
Minorities
Money laundering
Murder
Native Americans
Obstruction of justice
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Prosecution
Public defenders
Public prosecutors
Rape
Receiving stolen goods
Recruiting of employees
Relocation
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Smuggling
State courts
Strategic planning
Student loan funds
Transfer of employees
Transportation and Public Works
Violence
Wiretapping
Witnesses
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
American Neighborhoods Taking the Initiative--Guarding Against Neighborhood Gangs Act of 2004 (ANTI-GANG Act) - Amends Federal criminal code provisions regarding criminal street gangs. Prohibits specified acts regarding recruitment and retention in a gang, participation in gang activities, and witness intimidation. Requires a certification by the Attorney General or specified other officials for Federal prosecution of a crime that is otherwise exclusively chargeable under State law.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to designate high intensity interstate gang activity areas. Provides for coordination of anti-gang activities with anti-drug trafficking activities.
 
Authorizes grants to: (1) develop community based programs that provide crime prevention, research, and intervention services for gang members and at-risk youth; and (2) fund technology, equipment, and training for State and local sheriffs, police agencies, and prosecutor offices to improve the investigation and prosecution of gangs.
 
Expands the Federal witness relocation and protection program to cover gangs. 
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to State and local prosecutors and the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia to provide short-term protection to witnesses in trials involving gangs.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to report on the costs and benefits associated with expanding Federal authority to prosecute offenders under age 18 who are gang members who commit criminal offenses.
 
Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for a student loan repayment program for prosecutors and public defenders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4497-4499)
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate