3.0.0 2358 2023-01-15T04:48:54Z 2023-01-15T04:48:54Z Senate S S 2004-04-28 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-04-28T22:06:33Z 2004-04-28 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2004-04-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4497-4499) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-04-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2004-04-28 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2004-04-28 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2004-04-28 True Crime and Law Enforcement 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 Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2004-04-28 Introduced in Senate 2004-07-20T14:27:12Z 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.

]]> ANTI-GANG Act Display Title ANTI-GANG Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to allow for the prosecution of members of criminal street gangs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced ANTI-GANG Act Short Titles as Introduced American Neighborhoods Taking the Initiative--Guarding Against Neighborhood Gangs Act of 2004 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act Introduced in Senate 2004-04-28T04:00:00Z 2004-04-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.