3.0.0 5969 2023-01-11T13:21:50Z 2023-01-11T13:21:50Z House H HR 2010-07-29 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2010-09-20T17:53:25Z Referred to 2010-07-29T14:00:50Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-29T14:01:41Z hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-29T14:01:40Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-29T14:01:39Z Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2010 111 3695 S 2010-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2010-09-20 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2010-07-29 Referred to House Education and Labor IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2010-07-29 Referred to House Financial Services IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2010-07-29 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2010-07-29 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-29 Referred to House Judiciary IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2010-07-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000034 Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] FRANK PALLONE D NJ 6 N Crime and Law Enforcement Adult education and literacy Advisory bodies Child safety and welfare Correctional facilities and imprisonment Crime prevention Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Firearms and explosives Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Housing and community development funding Income tax credits Juvenile crime and gang violence Law enforcement administration and funding National and community service Organized crime Performance measurement Physical fitness and lifestyle Public housing Violent crime Youth employment and child labor Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2010-07-29 Introduced in House 2010-09-15T15:41:10Z Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) make grants to public and nonprofit private entities (including faith-based organizations) for projects involving innovative approaches to combat gang activity; (2) make grants to states and other entities to increase police presence and expand and improve cooperative efforts to address gang activity problems; and (3) designate high-intensity interstate gang activity areas.

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1) reauthorize programs for combating criminal gangs, including after-school programs and programs for safe and drug-free schools and communities; and (2) expand the grant program for workplace and community transition training for incarcerated youth offenders (30 years of age or younger).

Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 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.

Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to: (1) authorize the Attorney General to award grants to assist communities located in a high-intensity interstate gang activity area in developing and carrying out programs that target certain at-risk youth and juvenile offenders; (2) reauthorize the gang resistance education and training projects program; and (3) increase funding for the National Youth Gang Survey.

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize and expand adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects.

Directs the Attorney General to modify existing procedures and policies to improve the transition of federal prisoners into local communities.

Reauthorizes the National and Community Grant Service Program.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 40% to 50% the amount of wages eligible for the work opportunity tax credit.

Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to provide funding to hire additional forensic examiners to fight gang activity.

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.

Requires the United States Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend guidelines relating to violent gang-related crimes.

Amends the Uniform Federal Crime Reporting Act to require the Attorney General to create a separate category in the United Crime Reports to distinguish criminal offenses committed by juveniles.

]]> Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2010 Display Title Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To fight criminal gangs. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5969ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5969ih.xml 2010-09-20 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.