[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5298 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5298

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to create an offense of 
    solicitation or recruitment of persons in criminal street gang 
                               activity.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2000

 Mr. Gallegly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to create an offense of 
    solicitation or recruitment of persons in criminal street gang 
                               activity.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Gang Violence Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. SOLICITATION OR RECRUITMENT OF PERSONS IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG 
              ACTIVITY.

    (a) Prohibited Conduct.--Chapter 26 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 522. Recruitment of persons to participate in criminal street 
              gang activity
    ``(a) Prohibited Conduct.--It shall be unlawful for any person, to 
use any facility in, or travel in, interstate or foreign commerce, or 
cause another to do so, to recruit, solicit, induce, command, or cause 
another person to be or remain as a member of a criminal street gang, 
or conspire to do so, with the intent that the person being recruited, 
solicited, induced, commanded, or caused to be or remain a member of 
such gang participate in an offense described in section 521(c).
    ``(b) Penalties.--Whoever violates subsection (a) shall--
            ``(1) be imprisoned not more than 10 years, fined under 
        this title, or both; and
            ``(2) be liable for any costs incurred by the Federal 
        Government or by any State or local government for housing, 
        maintaining, and treating the minor until the minor attains the 
        age of 18 years.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Criminal street gang.--The term `criminal street 
        gang' has the meaning given the term in section 521.
            ``(2) Minor.--The term `minor' means a person who is 
        younger than 18 years of age.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 26 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``522. Recruitment of persons to participate in criminal street gang 
                            activity.''.
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