3.0.0 880 2023-01-11T20:00:44Z 2023-01-11T20:00:44Z House H HR 2007-02-07 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2007-03-01T15:48:21Z Referred to 2007-02-07T15:03:05Z 2007-03-01 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2007-02-07 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000445 Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4] J. Forbes R VA Randy 4 N W000672 Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] FRANK WOLF R VA R. 10 2007-02-07 True C000266 Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] STEVE CHABOT R OH 1 2007-02-07 True C000556 Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] HOWARD COBLE R NC 6 2007-02-07 True F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2] Trent Franks R AZ 2 2007-02-07 True G000021 Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24] ELTON GALLEGLY R CA 24 2007-02-07 True G000289 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] ROBERT GOODLATTE R VA W. 6 2007-02-07 True P000587 Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6] MIKE PENCE R IN 6 2007-02-07 True S000583 Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] LAMAR SMITH R TX 21 2007-02-07 True K000361 Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8] RIC KELLER R FL 8 2007-02-27 False D000597 Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1] JO ANN DAVIS R VA 1 2007-02-27 False B001149 Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] DAN BURTON R IN 5 2007-02-27 False S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2007-03-07 False S000244 Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] F. SENSENBRENNER R WI JAMES 5 2007-03-07 False R000578 Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] David Reichert R WA G. 8 2007-03-07 False M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2007-03-13 False B001260 Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-13] Vern Buchanan R FL 13 2007-06-15 False B001236 Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3] John Boozman R AR 3 2007-06-15 False H001041 Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2] Dean Heller R NV 2 2007-09-07 False Crime and Law Enforcement Arrest Arson Assault Authorization Automobile theft Bail Burglary Capital punishment Conspiracy Criminal investigation Criminal justice information Criminal procedure Data banks Department of Justice Drug abuse Drug traffic Economics and Public Finance Evidence (Law) Explosives Extortion Families Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Federal aid to law enforcement Federal law enforcement officers Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Firearms Firearms control Forfeiture Fraud Gangs Government Operations and Politics Government attorneys Hearsay evidence Homicide Illegal aliens Immigration Imprisonment Indian lands Informers Jurisdiction Juvenile delinquency Kidnapping Labor and Employment Larceny Law Law enforcement officers Life imprisonment Limitation of actions Mandatory sentences Minorities Money laundering Murder Native Americans Obstruction of justice Organized crime Police Police training Prosecution Public Lands and Natural Resources Public prosecutors Rape Receiving stolen goods Recruiting of employees Science, Technology, Communications Sentences (Criminal procedure) Smuggling Victims of crimes Violence Witnesses Women Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-02-07 Introduced in House 2007-03-17T17:04:18Z Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to modify and expand prohibitions against criminal street gang activity, including forfeiture provisions.

Revises penalties for: (1) interstate or foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises; (2) carjacking; (3) using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire and other felony crimes of violence; (4) violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity; (5) murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; (6) using interstate commerce facilities to commit multiple murder; and (7) the use of firearms in crimes of violence and drug trafficking.

Amends: (1) the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to expand the definition of "racketeering activity" to cover interstate murder; and (2) the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize the use of community-based justice grants to hire additional prosecutors to reduce backlogs and to fund technology, equipment, and training for specified purposes, including to increase the accurate identification and successful prosecution of young violent offenders

Expands: (1) the rebuttable presumption against release of persons charged with firearms offenses; (2) venue in capital cases; and (3) the authority to prosecute juveniles as adults.

Sets a 15-year statute of limitations for non-capital felony crimes of violence.

Authorizes the Attorney General to designate specific areas that are located within one or more states as high intensity interstate gang activity areas.

]]> Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 18, United States Code, to reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr880ih/xml/BILLS-110hr880ih.xml 2007-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. 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.