3.0.0 990 2023-01-11T19:45:21Z 2023-01-11T19:45:21Z Senate S S 2007-03-26 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-26T22:06:10Z Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2007 110 1692 HR 2007-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Identical bill CRS 2007-03-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-03-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3757-3758) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-03-26 True 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 2007-03-26 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-01T20:09:41Z Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2007 - Reauthorizes programs for combating criminal gangs, including after-school programs, programs for safe and drug-free schools and communities, gang resistance education and training programs, and adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects.

Establishes or increases funding for criminal gang-related programs, including: (1) demonstration grants to public and private entities for innovative approaches to combat gang activity; (2) programs that target certain at-risk youth and juvenile offenders ages 11 to 19; (3) state studies of parole or post-incarceration supervision violations and revocations; (4) substance abuse treatment; (5) mentoring grants to nonprofit organizations; (6) transition training for incarcerated youth offenders; (7) gang activity policing grants; (8) grants to prosecutors and law enforcement officials to combat violent crime and protect witnesses; and (9) the National Youth Gang Survey.

Public and Assisted Housing Gang Elimination Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to public housing agencies and private, for-profit and nonprofit owners of federally assisted low-income housing for use in eliminating gang-related crime.

Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) designate and provide assistance to high-intensity gang activity areas; and (2) expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program to require U.S. attorneys to identify and prosecute criminal street gangs in their respective districts.

Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) expand the definition of "criminal street gang"; (2) prohibit the recruitment or solicitation of persons to participate in a criminal street gang; (3) impose enhanced penalties for committing violent crimes in furtherance or in aid of a criminal street gang and for use of firearms by felons with multiple felony convictions for violent crimes and drug offenses; (4) increase penalties for use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire or other felony crimes of violence; and (5) increase penalties for violent crimes in aid of racketeering activities.

Extends the limitation period for prosecuting certain noncapital violent crimes.

Requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and revise guidelines relating to violent gang-related crimes.

Provides for certain studies and reports relating to criminal gangs, including reports distinguishing criminal offenses committed by juveniles.

]]> Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to fight criminal gangs. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s990is/xml/BILLS-110s990is.xml 2007-03-26 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.