3.0.0 4028 2023-01-12T17:52:01Z 2023-01-12T17:52:01Z Senate S S 2006-09-29 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-09-30T00:07:46Z 2006-09-29 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10719-10732) IntroReferral 2006-09-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10718-10719) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative procedure Adult education Authorization Community policing Community-based corrections Congress Congressional reporting requirements Counseling Crime prevention Criminal statistics Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Drug traffic Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Evaluation research (Social action programs) Ex-offenders Families Federal aid to housing Federal aid to law enforcement Firearms Gangs Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Higher education Housing and Community Development Income tax Juvenile delinquency Labor and Employment Law Limitation of actions Literacy programs Low-income housing Mentoring Murder National service Nonprofit organizations Organized crime Parent and child Parole Performance measurement Police Police training Prisoners Prosecution Public housing Recidivists Recruiting of employees Rehabilitation of criminals School-age child care Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sentencing guidelines Social Welfare Student loan funds Surveys Tax credits Taxation U.S. Sentencing Commission Victims of crimes Violence Witnesses Youth violence Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2006-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2006-10-28T16:09:59Z Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2006 - Reauthorizes programs for combating criminal gangs, including, after-school programs, programs for safe and drug-free schools and communities, adult and juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects, and gang resistance education and training projects.

Establishes or increases funding for criminal gang-related grant programs, including: (1) innovative approaches to combat gang activity in the school and community; (2) grants to study parole or post-incarceration supervision violations and revocations; (3) substance abuse treatment; (4) mentoring programs of nonprofit organizations; (5) transition training for young offenders; (6) grants for certain at-risk youth and juvenile offenders aged 11 to 19; (7) gang activity policing grants; and (8) grants to prosecutors and law enforcement officials to combat violent crime and protect witnesses to crimes.

Public and Assisted Housing Gang Elimination Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to public housing agencies and private entities to eliminate gang-related crime in low-income housing projects.

Amends the federal criminal code to increase penalties for: (1) use of interstate commerce facilities to commit murder-for-hire or other crimes of violence; (2) violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity; and (3) use of firearms in crimes of violence and drug trafficking.

Imposes criminal penalties for violent crimes committed in furtherance or in aid of a criminal street gang and for recruiting persons to join criminal street gangs.

Extends the limitation period for prosecuting certain noncapital violent crimes. Requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to revise guidelines relating to violent gang-related crimes.

Provides for certain studies and reports relating to criminal gangs, including the National Youth Gang Survey.

]]> Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2006 Display Title Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to fight criminal gangs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Public and Assisted Housing Gang Elimination Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s4028is/xml/BILLS-109s4028is.xml 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10719-10732) 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.