3.0.0 208 2022-02-03T06:10:00Z 2022-02-03T06:10:00Z Senate S S 2009-01-12 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-01-12T21:49:52Z Mynisha's Law 111 2418 HR 2009-06-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2009-01-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2009-01-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N Crime and Law Enforcement Child care and development Child health Crime prevention Education programs funding Employment and training programs Health programs administration and funding Juvenile crime and gang violence Law enforcement administration and funding Preschool education Youth employment and child labor Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2009-01-12 Introduced in Senate 2009-02-06T22:16:51Z Mynisha's Law - Authorizes any local or tribal government to submit an application to the Attorney General for designation as a High Intensity Gang Activity Area.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish criteria for reviewing such applications; and (2) establish an Interagency Gang Prevention Task Force in each Area. Directs each Task Force to: (1) coordinate government activities to create a comprehensive gang prevention response, focusing on early childhood intervention, at-risk youth intervention, literacy, employment, community policing, and comprehensive community-based programs such as Operation Cease Fire; (2) coordinate with local and regional gang prevention efforts; (3) prioritize the needs of each Area for funding under specified federal community assistance and grant programs; and (4) report to the Attorney General on the funding needs and programmatic outcomes for each Area.

Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Domestic Policy Council annually on: (1) the specific long-term and short-term goals and objectives of each Area; (2) the measurements used to evaluate each Area's performance; (3) the gangs and gang crimes committed in each Area; and (5) the programmatic outcomes and funding need of each Area.

]]> Mynisha's Law Short Titles as Introduced Mynisha's Law Display Title Mynisha's Law Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide Federal coordination and assistance in preventing gang violence. Introduced in Senate 2009-01-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s208is/xml/BILLS-111s208is.xml 2009-01-12 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.