1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the American Neighborhoods Taking
the Initiative—Guarding Against Neighborhood Gangs Act of
2005
or the ANTI-GANG Act
.
(b)The table of
contents of this Act is as follows:
Title I—Criminal street
gangs
Sec. 100. Findings
Sec. 101. Criminal street
gangs; definitions
Sec. 102. Criminal street gangs
prohibited acts, penalties, and forfeiture
Sec. 103. Clerical
amendments
Sec. 104. Conforming
amendments
Sec. 105. Designation of and
assistance for high intensity
interstate gang activity
areas
Sec. 106. Gang prevention
grants
Sec. 107. Gang prevention
information grants
Sec. 108. Enhancement of
Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative to improve enforcement of criminal laws
against violent gangs
Sec. 109. Additional resources
needed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate and prosecute
violent criminal street gangs
Sec. 110. Expansion of Federal
witness relocation and protection program
Sec. 111. Grants to State and
local prosecutors to protect witnesses and victims of crime
Sec. 112. Witness protection
services
Title II—Related matters
involving violent crime prosecution
Sec. 201. Study on expanding
Federal authority for juvenile offenders
Sec. 202. Prosecutors and
Defenders Incentive Act
<enum>I</enum><header>Criminal street gangs</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5CEF5781D874461C88F95DC3F7EE85B2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>100.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEB71E19393E44E95BBEEDE657C383C26"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">violent crime and drug trafficking are
pervasive problems at the national, State, and local level;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1E9346B5E6EA45749727D3B6A1BEA491"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the crime rate is exacerbated by the
association of persons in gangs to commit acts of violence and drug
offenses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB2E546BA3BBE4063A2FA12D63BCDE321"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">according to the most recent National Drug
Threat Assessment, criminal street gangs are responsible for the distribution
of much of the cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and other illegal drugs being
distributed in rural and urban communities throughout the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE0837B94F276473A818AEEEC6778EF7F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gangs commit acts of violence or drug
offenses for numerous motives, such as membership in or loyalty to the gang,
for protecting gang territory, and for profit;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID45315095839844D0A942FBB724C79BD6"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gang presence has a pernicious effect on
the free flow of commerce in local businesses and directly affects the freedom
and security of communities plagued by gang activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID14D821CE827E489C88ADC8CAD15079BA"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gangs often recruit and utilize minors to
engage in acts of violence and other serious offenses out of a belief that the
criminal justice systems are more lenient on juvenile offenders;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1DCB89F25BF347C5AF444A122BCF6144"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gangs often intimidate and threaten
witnesses to prevent successful prosecutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB1E3036AEB0A44CA98B2070B6897DFC1"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gang recruitment can be deterred both
through increased vigilance, strong criminal penalties, equal partnerships with
State and local law enforcement, and proactive intervention efforts,
particularly targeted at juveniles, prior to gang involvement; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9FFAC50216334CE4AE8145FEDE59DB74"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State and local prosecutors, in hearings
before the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, enlisted Congress’s help
in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of gang crimes and in the
protection of witnesses and victims of gang crimes.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID61C85F0ADED54F319DD61C6DC60E28F4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Criminal street
gangs; definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 521
of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID23F16EDB1CBF4F43B4A90FEE0353F69C" style="USC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF4A1E812E9D143468F43DE89580AE421" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>521.</enum><header>Criminal street
gang; definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As used in
this chapter:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID076F2F72C86E43599739CD716DA5E6FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Criminal street
gang</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDADB26E5911C04DE192EFA7270A1788F0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>criminal street gang</term> means an ongoing formal or informal group,
club, organization, or association of 3 or more persons through or for which
they individually, jointly, or in combination, have committed or attempted to
commit, for the direct or indirect benefit of, at the direction of, or in
association with the group, club, organization, or association, 3 or more
unrelated predicate gang crimes, provided that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7AF0550D5BA6495EAA12EEDBA5BB0813"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one of the predicate gang crimes is a
violent gang crime;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID51AD382EE8F742DA915A1B73F818C906"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one predicate gang crime must occur after
the date of enactment of the ANTI-GANG Act, and the last of which must occur
not later than 10 years (excluding any period of imprisonment) after the
commission of a prior predicate gang crime; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF817C69713D24F0D9126C888EABDF461"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the activities of the criminal street gang
must substantially affect interstate or foreign commerce.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCFA3B2F6EB15484B86684AE9A8695725"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Ongoing</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID85D318A41EED4FBB9F9EB667C4B45A62"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this
paragraph, the term <term>ongoing</term>, means that the criminal street gang
has an independent identity and existence extending beyond the planning or
carrying out of any offense or series of offenses which happen to be predicate
gang crimes.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBA0C256CB0554B31888711B30B61AC0B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Factors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The presence or absence of any of the
following evidentiary factors is relevant to show the existence or nonexistence
of an ongoing criminal street gang, or to show that any predicate gang crime
was committed through or for a criminal street gang:</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID902586F567154641896D01217087C22D"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A common name, insignia, flag, means of
recognition, secret signal or code.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID56DB90E52B544E57815C4C7E6FA1E470"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A common creed, belief, structure,
leadership or command structure, method of operation or criminal enterprise,
concentration or specialty.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3B15EDC5C76F47D7AF6AC1FD8D138513"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership, age or other qualifications,
initiation rites, geographical or territorial situs, boundary, or location, or
other unifying mark, manner, protocol, or method of expressing or indicating
membership.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4AC7A031D4BD4EC5922B963B3D800C31"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Three or more
persons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this
paragraph, the term <term>3 or more persons</term>, shall not require that the
same 3 or more persons be involved in 2 or more predicate gang crimes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5F8624C820AF4EED8D3F5B95BAC83789"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Unrelated</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this paragraph, the term
<term>unrelated</term>, means that the predicate gang crimes are not part of a
single course of conduct with a single criminal objective, and do not represent
essentially 1 composite harm even if such gang crimes constitute legally
distinct offenses occurring at different times. Violent gang crimes committed
on different days shall always be considered to be unrelated.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD50B6D2E2A64445F827690A7CDD81F19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Predicate gang
crime</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>predicate gang crime</term>, means any act or threat, or attempted act or
threat, which is chargeable under Federal or State law, and punishable by
imprisonment for more than 1 year, involving—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0143F6520C6F42878BF1D6D6DBE211D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a violent gang crime, which
includes—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1A8570AFDC8F48318E13DD6B50874990"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">murder;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD46F02E3B66146DA912B6DC932DD2BA6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attempted murder;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD66B169E2EDE451B90CBAE5434E6A208"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">manslaughter;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE65E968AE23143D8BECB8B9C5DC019CE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">kidnapping;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4789B0549A7145F1B8E0DDAB615DD659"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">robbery;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBE8EE8F62F70435D9F701D56C7A5C8C8"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assault;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9DEF72BB4F564A0696602008A1CED936"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">extortion;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAA1F92095B444E1A814A7062C343005B"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">arson;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6ED4AE9766A24B139A6B18625494C305"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">burglary;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2B9BFFF6FBF0402DB0EE9F489F113F59"><enum>(x)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sexual assault;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAD72221E716245FEBC19F3C6287D6FAF"><enum>(xi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carjacking; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFCBB46353DF84095A5E73A8113BC32A1"><enum>(xii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">explosive materials under subsection (d),
(e), (f), or (i) of section 844;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBF46FBC9685F4608823CDC830EEE809A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a <quote>serious drug offense</quote>, as
that term is defined under section 924(e)(2)(A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBABD24CC861544D794598EE7C99E38EB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obstruction of justice (including offenses
under sections 1503 and 1510);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0DF766A424BE47FEB5A20D36503A0A3A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tampering with or retaliating against a
witness, victim, or informant (including offenses under sections 1512 and
1513);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID51E94E7FA3754F0384760EC51FDE5D78"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fraud and related activity in connection
with identification documents or access devices under sections 1028 and
1029;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB32967942E0946ED9B8BC261A14C0647"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">interference with commerce by threats of
violence under section 1951;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB01BC0C9E150471ABF6C45129DE89708"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">money laundering under section 1956;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1139AF9D51FC4A63A813C4817914A24E"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">engaging in monetary transactions in
property derived from specified unlawful activity under section 1957;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD7226FB973A14CB09A80AF28D9599F32"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of interstate commerce facilities
in the commission of murder-for-hire;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID788B283FDD214669AFA790BDCBEAF832"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the interstate transportation, sale, or
receipt of stolen goods under sections 2312 through 2315;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID84CB88726ECE49EB911CAFB2E0CCFE9D"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the receipt, possession, and transfer of
firearms, except for violations of section 922(g); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCB928D0C6469476DA5EB29CF97DF6AAA"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any act involving the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>,
section 274 (relating to bringing in and harboring certain aliens), section 277
(relating to aiding or assisting certain aliens to enter the United States), or
section 278 (relating to importation of aliens for immoral purposes).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC2B39F80DC5B4F01B3CE136419BF31C8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means each of
the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDABE4E58D320F466C9D3861A8C391F354" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Criminal street
gangs—prohibited acts, penalties, and forfeiture</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 26 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4886F7D3995E4112AE802BEB49484D57" style="USC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID376067FAE4DC4ED7A91EB268368817CE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>522.</enum><header>Prohibited acts;
penalties and forfeiture</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID27CF146BDFCF44C89C1D250324ACE3E2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Recruitment and
retention in criminal street gangs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be unlawful for any person—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCF42485B432B4042930DCB307F4D6598"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to recruit, solicit, command, employ,
persuade, induce, entice, or coerce any person to become a member of or
participate in, any criminal street gang with the intent that the person
recruited will do any act to effect the criminal activities of a criminal
street gang; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB8238B7518D34D81AE8C765A7B6F17AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by use of force, threat, or intimidation
directed at any person, or by the infliction of bodily injury upon any person,
to knowingly prevent a person from leaving a criminal street gang.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1FD3E6B975A04219971BAC77D2633BE0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Participation
in a criminal street gang</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It
shall be unlawful for any person—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8AB3AEE61CED4ED28693F452AFA0E48B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to do any act with the intent to effect the
criminal activities of a criminal street gang;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4377B37683534A2EAAE4B66D099350E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to commit, attempt to commit, aid or abet
the commission of, or conspire to commit any predicate gang crime—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0873655749564F72949010D2B483AEDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in furtherance or in aid of the activities
of the criminal street gang;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID810B9011586E4F86B2A24B24EAED14F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the direct or indirect benefit of the
criminal street gang, or in association with the criminal street gang;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD1FB66D2F1EB45E8BCFD3645B0CDAD5E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the purpose of gaining entrance to, or
maintaining or increasing position in, the criminal street gang;</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">while knowingly being a member of or
participating in a criminal street gang; or</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2DD932D3386644B1B75E09CF30967BEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to employ, use, command, counsel, persuade,
induce, entice, or coerce any individual to commit any predicate gang
crime—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFE5620A47F3A460981F4411033573943"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in furtherance or in aid of the activities
of the criminal street gang;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID551BD7CD1A784698952275A803249F93"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the direct or indirect benefit of the
criminal street gang, or in association with the criminal street gang;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9BF5609C99424485AFE7BF202A4F344B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the purpose of gaining entrance to or
maintaining or increasing position in the criminal street gang;</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">while knowingly being a member of or
participating in a criminal street gang.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2618E57998DF4AF983FF7751211C44CE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Witness
intimidation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be
unlawful for any person to travel in interstate or foreign commerce, or use the
mail or any facility in interstate or foreign commerce, or to employ, use,
command, counsel, persuade, induce, entice, or coerce any individual to do the
same, to threaten, influence, or prevent from testifying any witness in a
Federal or State criminal proceeding—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAD2504ECD3EC476E8AC4EEFAD2B8CFA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in furtherance or in aid of the activities
of a criminal street gang;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7F8D5226DD014CA595EB8C31ADC03256"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the direct or indirect benefit of, at
the direction of, or in association with a criminal street gang; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1A1C501064994DA48FAAF97D98A4637B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the purpose of gaining entrance to or
maintaining or increasing position in a criminal street gang.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF1E64AFF233B4DE59E5B842F2594FC45"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Underlying
offenses</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID324B2FB5792F4D2CA3C804C123B1C98D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No limitation
on underlying offenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed
to prohibit the conviction or sentencing of any person for an underlying
offense that is included in the definition of <quote>predicate gang
crimes</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4259E35913FC44D58B032425B1B88DE3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Venue for
underlying offenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
venue for any Federal underlying offense charged as a predicate gang crime in a
prosecution under this section shall lie in the same district as a prosecution
under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID49FFED69817A4FFAA89691D3B75C875F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Penalties</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID54C582682C9C4562A5FFC0B5DB9D7779"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recruiting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever violates subsection (a)(1) or
(b)(1) of this section shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more
than 3 years, or both; provided that if the person recruited under subsection
(a)(1) is a minor and the violator is 18 years of age or older, then the
violator shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or
both.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7194D2EBA6AB44B4AE6D677293FAD3D4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preventing from
leaving</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever violates
subsection (a)(2) or (c) shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not
more than 10 years, or both; provided that if the person prevented from leaving
under subsection (a)(2) is a minor and the violator is 18 years of age or
older, then the violator shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more
than 15 years, or both.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDACED547119DC4D09939AD99E424A6861"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Gang
crimes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever violates
subsection (b)(2) or (b)(3) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not
more than 20 years, or both; except—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE63CED4FBEA14483819D9D70ABF28C39"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">where the predicate gang crime is a serious
drug offense, then whoever violates these subsections shall be fined under this
title, imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6AE364104D5845D482A7B1AE64268F4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">where the predicate gang crime is a violent
gang crime, whoever violates these subsections shall be fined under this title,
imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6E78BC53CEBB4459A200E3A28732E031"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Forfeiture</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7EB37CC37F1F4A7E88F40C98AB67F04A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person who violates
any provision of this section shall, in addition to any other penalty and
irrespective of any provision of State law, forfeit to the United
States—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5B6F6ED1D1B64CA7974CECE1114C06CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any property constituting, or derived from,
any proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, as a result of the
violation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCCEEE66084254CC5B696BBA794D21328"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any property used, or intended to be used,
in any manner or part, to commit, or to facilitate the commission of the
violation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0B417A4C2B85447AA6E4D696710ABC3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application of
<act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances
Act</act-name></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsections
(b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), and (p) of
section 413 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances
Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/853">21
U.S.C. 853</external-xref>) shall apply to a forfeiture under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID085F8C4508544673BFE7618300ACC4D3"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Certification
by the United States attorney</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No prosecution of any offense described
under this section involving a predicate gang crime that is otherwise
exclusively chargeable under State law shall be undertaken by the United States
except upon the certification in writing of the Attorney General, the Deputy
Attorney General, the Associate Attorney General, any Assistant Attorney
General specially designated by the Attorney General, or the United States
attorney for the district in which the offense will be prosecuted, after
consultation with State and local prosecutors, that in his judgment a
prosecution by the United States is in the public interest and necessary to
secure substantial justice, which function of certification may not be
delegated.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8D2BE4926365404B812C158F76099630" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Clerical
amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 26 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3B55A22E2FA14148838B42A3DBD80774" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">521. Criminal street gangs;
definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">522. Prohibited acts; penalties
and
forfeiture.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID747DC9474B0D466FBC0D1E6BC52DF6A8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4FD7E92E2FFE4BA1AE1E89800AAA43F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization
of interception of wire, oral, and electronic communications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2516(1) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID718C80A0AA514F79B9C10AF5919FFCB4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (q), by striking
<quote>or</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEEA4252325034BDFB79EF94D2F8A1791"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (r) as paragraph
(s); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3C7E5CC3B7FB48A88DB6CC17FEBAF4C5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (q) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8C12A30CB03C4A19989650B0652E0DA3" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF45505A5ACA3456DA5CBD8841AA7C5D8" indent="down1"><enum>(r)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any violation of section 522 (relating to
criminal street gangs);
or</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3D8A9B7470AE48E78437C0AD9DE9F58E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Orders for
restitution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
3663(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
<quote>chapter 46 or chapter 96</quote> and inserting <quote>chapters 26, 46,
or 96</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID54E3EEFDDBE5419CA0074DBEE2283E45"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendment of
special sentencing provision prohibiting prisoner communications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3582(d) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA2793A84BCAE4A1B97BEC9613F9BF044"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>chapter 26 (criminal
street gangs),</quote> before <quote>chapter 95</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID10C9440EBAB240C9BFBD1C9195B91D4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>a criminal street gang
or</quote> before <quote>an illegal enterprise</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID02F83893A6904E47A13B6F05CEBD1BA4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header>Designation of and
assistance for <quote>high intensity</quote> interstate gang activity
areas</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID950677B970BF49CD9AAFF3541FB5B813"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDECB7E1820A024137B9B76AEC183C0813"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Governor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Governor</term> means a
Governor of a State or the mayor of the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE734BDE3F33E404EAF10D91779F3306D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>High intensity
interstate gang activity area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>high intensity interstate
gang activity area</term> means an area within a State that is designated as a
high intensity interstate gang activity area under subsection (b)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID48716D10CC41482BA894CC02CA8ACBE0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>High intensity
interstate gang and drug trafficking area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>high intensity interstate
gang and drug trafficking area</term> means an area within a State that is
cross-designated as a high intensity interstate gang and drug trafficking area
under subsection (b)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID09AAE439299D4DE69A28B2B13ACA0DA9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means a State
of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth,
territory, or possession of the United States. The term <term>State</term>
shall include an <quote>Indian tribe</quote>, as defined under section 102 of
the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/479a">25 U.S.C.
479a</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1233B0871E7A40BA82CB885992EB8429"><enum>(b)</enum><header>High intensity
interstate gang activity areas</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB9521D71C478448CBCDA6AC7B5EBF3C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General, after consultation
with the Governors of appropriate States, may designate specific areas that are
located within 1 or more States as high intensity interstate gang activity
areas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5099900AD3B14202AB82A201D8716946"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cross-designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General, after consultation
with the Governors of appropriate States and the Director of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy, may cross-designate specific areas already
designated as high intensity interstate drug trafficking areas under section
707 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1706">21 U.S.C.
1706</external-xref>) as high intensity interstate gang and drug trafficking
areas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8492C9616512455F8478590FA1B281EC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to provide Federal assistance to
high intensity interstate gang activity areas or high intensity interstate gang
and drug trafficking areas, the Attorney General shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB38A2D941F1848CC95713EA5462F6C2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish criminal street gang enforcement
teams, consisting of Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities, for
the coordinated investigation, disruption, apprehension, and prosecution of
criminal street gangs and offenders in each high intensity interstate gang
activity area or high intensity interstate gang and drug trafficking
area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8E228F6A926141F48686EB9F6387D659"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">direct the reassignment or detailing from
any Federal department or agency (subject to the approval of the head of that
department or agency, in the case of a department or agency other than the
Department of Justice) of personnel to each criminal street gang enforcement
team; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC303B7FD7A9A4277BE1BE0D19B75BFE9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide all necessary funding for the
operation of the criminal street gang enforcement team in each high intensity
interstate gang activity area or high intensity interstate gang and drug
trafficking area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1C70A81AAD924F08809ABFDB219A01F2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Composition of
criminal street gang enforcement team</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The team established under paragraph (2)(A)
shall consist of agents and officers, where feasible, from—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD7523E892EAE49B6BB358B91F61917D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and Explosives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDDA220D2CD184736ABC28C62FF9BDF33"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Homeland Security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9F50AC471EED45E79FDDCD87BDD130F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Housing and Urban
Development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8ED8A8FC33C94E46A0B05728A52D58B9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Drug Enforcement Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0E17F42B3A3E43DE98C5EC4255AB2CE7"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Internal Revenue Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID199EE96E358F41298215000BAE2D54ED"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0A881D9C410B4C4A9E834E82771DF1DA"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Marshal’s Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3C070552FE204E39BBA8ED843299C991"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Postal Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID27F9AEBC3B024672A90C676A25078EFF"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State and local law enforcement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDD02FFE73B2F4415BFF679FB5E15BB2E"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal, State, and local
prosecutors.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7046C771335446C6B47868CF54C951FD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each area cross-designated as a high
intensity interstate gang and drug trafficking area, the team established under
paragraph (2)(A) shall fully coordinate its antigang activities with antidrug
trafficking activities undertaken by Federal, State, and local officials under
section 707 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act
of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1706">21 U.S.C.
1706</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD13A2B67139D404EAD40016D2DC1C435"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Criteria for
designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In considering an
area for designation as a high intensity interstate gang activity area or high
intensity interstate gang and drug trafficking area under this section, the
Attorney General shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9400D9C71DE34D0C94D7D370A1CAA881"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current and predicted levels of gang
crime activity in the area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2347007FB90B4FDEB82BD2827C3EC366"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which violent crime in the
area appears to be related to criminal street gang activity, such as drug
trafficking, murder, robbery, assaults, carjacking, arson, kidnapping,
extortion, and other criminal activity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0CADB80565AA432AA9E7E1A453926BAC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which State and local law
enforcement agencies have committed resources to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC22A1A6C6CBD4AEE8523B7B5BB52BD68"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">respond to the gang crime problem;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID113F894D070D488EBA6D54C5EC9D1881"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participate in a gang enforcement
team;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID930EB8EC3D6D4BAFA0C7FF72075AA587"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which a significant increase
in the allocation of Federal resources would enhance local response to the gang
crime activities in the area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID073DF1A72FC643B5BFCBE91C8ED533DF"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other criteria that the Attorney
General considers to be appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5FFACB02718543AFA8B20E0384742475"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through
2010 to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD7AB8F7EA2EA4BE9A910099803532127" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header>Gang prevention
grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID087099E21459446F88AB43C7E5D3464E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To
make grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of
Justice Programs of the Department of Justice shall make grants, in accordance
with such regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe, to States, units
of local government, tribal governments, and qualified private entities, to
develop community-based programs that provide crime prevention, research, and
intervention services that are designed for gang members and at-risk
youth.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE37EFDE86AF8478292C7A320E3DD1393"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of grant
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts received by a
grantee under this section may be used by the grantee, directly or through
subgrants, only for 1 or more of the following activities:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID964DE6D62E9943629FBFBC0746B81B62"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preventing initial gang recruitment and
involvement among younger teenagers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID92ECB3C38D9F441BA7C591EF586EE68A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reducing gang involvement through
nonviolent and constructive activities, such as community service programs,
development of nonviolent conflict resolution skills, employment and legal
assistance, family counseling, and other safe, community-based alternatives for
high-risk youth.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4B43AD6C32B24BA191C2119BE67098EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing in-school and after-school gang
safety, control, education, and resistance procedures and programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID515061460E0C4A9CA9E56803F5A5C94F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identifying and addressing early childhood
risk factors for gang involvement, including parent training and childhood
skills development.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID56613890889045BBA5A2822F2F2F3021"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identifying and fostering protective
factors that buffer children and adolescents from gang involvement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD45F8ED067744B15B460A98BD06AAF61"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant
requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD5598B99313A4AB1A2D679AAF7056F9D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant under this section shall be made
for a period of not more than 2 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDD05E5BB21BC42FBB76E63CD7421C770"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of a grant under this section
may not exceed $1,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID91201293E180404CB044947BF1C5AD4D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each recipient of a
grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General, for each year in
which funds from a grant received under this section are expended, a report
containing—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID566E7813FCEB4DACB0F3D0268C890838"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the activities carried out
with grant funds during that year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID479DEAC502EE414887FC21DB30978C88"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the effectiveness of the
crime prevention, research, and intervention activities of the
recipient;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID36FB26E336444FDE9F8EA27880A7864C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a strategic plan for the year following the
year covered under paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID951B5A513DC441B482FFF307C6DF7399"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other information as the Attorney
General may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFA48800A483E448298200EF18DE0886A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Minimum
allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless all
eligible applications submitted by any State or unit of local government within
such State for a planning or implementation grant under this section have been
funded, such State, together with grantees within the State (other than Indian
tribes), shall be allocated in each fiscal year under this section not less
than 0.75 percent of the total amount appropriated in the fiscal year for
planning or implementation grants under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID21520F9582AD4683B31968881F66A5EC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>units of
local government</term> includes sheriffs, police agencies, and local
prosecutor offices.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC3A10E5FD58543718311916F2DBCCE5C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID88096E4F321741B7853A2CC204BCCAF6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized
to be appropriated for grants under this section $50,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID89144D994B2947739078196A028BE499"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of amounts made available for grants under
this section, not less than 50 percent shall be available only for areas
designated pursuant to section 105 as high intensity interstate gang activity
areas or high intensity interstate gang and drug trafficking areas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC47AC199032A45E3A4150C0464A9D794" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header>Gang prevention
information grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID82692986010B4409B3A322ACC8990A26"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To
make grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of
Justice Programs of the Department of Justice shall make grants, in accordance
with such regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe, to States, units
of local government, and tribal governments to fund technology, equipment, and
training for State and local sheriffs, police agencies, and prosecutor offices
in order to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1F974DD9AAE449A6A7A5C9D48BA33E7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase accurate identification of gang
members and violent offenders;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4AD0E8FEE92247AE8122857512F5BE01"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain databases with such information to
facilitate coordination among law enforcement and prosecutors; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD983B0E4410F46FCA3CEEF9A52DC08F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">otherwise improve the investigation and
prosecution of criminal street gangs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1BAB9B3A6B3C492D97544B3DE447D095"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant
requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBB96815A20864BA783E66B6951CFFBB6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant under this section shall be made
for a period of not more than 2 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID66CCE18A97A240769EDD992424622AF4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of a grant under this section
may not exceed $1,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC50242CCBAAE4E7593CBCDBC82104B79"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each recipient of a
grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General, for each year in
which funds from a grant received under this section are expended, a report
containing—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID31E90D233E8848AEA22E0EBDBBE73E1E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the activities carried out
with grant funds during that year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4D976EE91F974F1390F93AA23F8967C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the effectiveness of the
crime prevention, research, and intervention activities of the
recipient;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9116020D77EB492DA086B8F931339875"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a strategic plan for the year following the
year covered under paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID29EA130B514B4B199FBF47F5EE897D5B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other information as the Attorney
General may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE2C32708C0A04057A0A5BE82EB52E7E2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Minimum
allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless all
eligible applications submitted by any State or unit of local government within
such State for a planning or implementation grant under this section have been
funded, such State, together with grantees within the State (other than Indian
tribes), shall be allocated in each fiscal year under this section not less
than 0.75 percent of the total amount appropriated in the fiscal year for
planning or implementation grants under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF4E974545876490C9AA53740D5BF38AA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>units of
local government</term> includes sheriffs, police agencies, and local
prosecutor offices.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID41588310BF23405EAD27E54B442F8A8A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section $10,000,000 for
each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBD247FF429064027A0270F31CB5F9BBD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header>Enhancement of
Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative to improve enforcement of criminal laws
against violent gangs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID725163CF97D5480DAB0262CD3D67A57C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General
shall expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program to require each United
States attorney to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA23210E6A58E4C34816D42CDC169B2DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify, investigate, and prosecute
significant criminal street gangs operating within their district;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID012121EA786D4855B01996EA0591ECB0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate the identification,
investigation, and prosecution of criminal street gangs among Federal, State,
and local law enforcement agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA4B7E3A019F24609978BE566C102E471"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with State and local prosecutors to
determine how Federal, State, and local law enforcement resources can best be
used to serve the public interest and secure substantial justice; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1DDBB6F9922A41F4A3942EF7ACCD31A6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate and establish criminal street
gang enforcement teams, established under section 105(b), in high intensity
interstate gang activity areas within the district of the United States
attorney.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID00EF8CF0D3CA4C19820F3F71DBE1982E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
Assistant United States attorneys for Project Safe Neighborhoods</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDACA8CAB4C37046CD8D5B8DFEB9757A40"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General
may hire 94 additional Assistant United States attorneys to carry out the
provisions of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID791660A90BA44E95AF45A86216D185ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated $7,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006
through 2010 to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCF48BB08AFA34876BF7A9002D15373E7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header>Additional resources
needed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate and prosecute
violent criminal street gangs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC5D85E2E654F4F399F666459399D2F15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Responsibilities
of Attorney General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Attorney General shall require the Federal Bureau of Investigation to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE3AA8FD0C1C24C3FB6C00DD7A08DC793"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase funding for the Safe Streets
Program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5EE2AA02951D4C6ABB4399588EF1BBFD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support the criminal street gang
enforcement teams, established under section 105(b), in designated high
intensity interstate gang activity areas; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC8267CA699384622BA48AAECF4808EED"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with State and local prosecutors to
determine how Federal, State, and local law enforcement resources can best be
used to serve the public interest and secure substantial justice.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1CEA370EDEDE4E15B6240B833A44B4FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB2B9773EEC844D00B9656424D6236D78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to
amounts otherwise authorized, there are authorized to be appropriated to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006
through 2010 to carry out the Safe Streets Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID941A145AFFB6420180557891F7170A4D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amounts appropriated under paragraph
(1) shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID36F93E451E9945A4B0FAF3DFA3E677FB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>110.</enum><header>Expansion of Federal
witness relocation and protection program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3521(a)(1) of title 18 is amended by
inserting <quote>, criminal street gang, serious drug offense,
homicide,</quote> after <quote>organized criminal activity</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD8E09CFFC6DA4AE89D835F3F5E866EF3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header>Grants to State and
local prosecutors to protect witnesses and victims of crime</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID633106CCF61C4F47AE955499F82C863E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDE0B67134D2B412FAD1C85013C30209F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General
is authorized to make grants to State and local prosecutors and the United
States attorney for the District of Columbia for the purpose of providing
short-term protection to witnesses in trials involving an organized criminal
activity, criminal street gang, serious drug offense, homicide, or other
serious offense.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID66977599305E4A2887693B4E9CD359E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each prosecutor receiving a grant under
this section may either—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6D9F040819D2462799FB18E73336363C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use the grant to provide witness relocation
and protection; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3B7FF3CF92FB44BD81031010F68DC72E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pursuant to a cooperative agreement with
the Attorney General, credit the grant to the United States Marshal’s Service
to cover the costs of providing witness relocation and protection on behalf of
the prosecutor.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE798C4401BE04E8BB5DCA521FCB2BBF3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID08E417CC5EAA4B1E927502B3E22E3992"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each prosecutor
desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Attorney
General at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as
the Attorney General may reasonably require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID098A3BD4FDD24B3BA793179C8A29A653"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each application submitted pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5AF9EA4267F1407AADF247A71C417FCD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the activities for which
assistance under this section is sought; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID820F19AEFA624739A3A3E512AFCC1FB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide such additional assurances as the
Attorney General determines to be essential to ensure compliance with the
requirements of this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID19D5B9F780B14A3BB40A5A77BDC481AD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Minimum
allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless all
eligible applications submitted by State and local prosecutors within a State
for planning or implementation grants under this section have been funded, the
grantees within the State shall be allocated in each fiscal year under this
section not less than 0.75 percent of the total amount appropriated in the
fiscal year for planning or implementation grants pursuant to this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE1B75B7B8ADE4079A265910D2EE7CD28"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $60,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB87DB818CD184EEC821A011C3E21E9DE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header>Witness protection
services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3526 of title
18, United States Code (Cooperation of other Federal agencies and State
governments; reimbursement of expenses) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID723F76B1153C475BB88BD80F9F553C15" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEF31E35CB82842D5A3BEAE541D1DDE4B"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any case in which a State government
requests the Attorney General to provide temporary protection under section
3521(e) of this title, the costs of providing temporary protection are not
reimbursable if the investigation or prosecution in any way relates to crimes
of violence committed by a gang, as defined under the laws of the relevant
State seeking assistance under this
title.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Related matters involving violent crime
prosecution</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1567B0083B5B4C1584876A109557C8CD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Study on expanding
Federal authority for juvenile offenders</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA4A75EB70D9441038323C6CA732AB850"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 9
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and
the House of Representatives a report on the costs and benefits associated with
expanding Federal authority to prosecute offenders under the age of 18 who are
gang members who commit criminal offenses.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4AB287DD853C4734885833A17486CCD7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report submitted under subsection (a)
shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1BB7BF0F51404B56A1313137FD4F2DA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examine the ability of the judicial systems
of the States to respond effectively to juveniles who are members of
<quote>criminal street gangs</quote>, as defined under section 521 of title 18,
United States Code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1C80A4C540004173A1480C6E6C553195"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examine the extent to which offenders who
are 16 and 17 years old are members of criminal street gangs, and are accused
of committing violent crimes and prosecuted in the adult criminal justice
systems of the individual States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID649E6D801A5C43F5945D2CC90298C1D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine the percentage of crimes
committed by members of <quote>criminal street gangs</quote> that are committed
by offenders who are 16 and 17 years old;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB85CE2D9D0194A799E44645E6FD57DA0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examine the extent to which United States
attorneys currently bring criminal indictments and prosecute offenders under
the age of 18, and the extent to which United States attorneys’ offices include
prosecutors with experience prosecuting juveniles for adult criminal
violations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0DF21B0382234E6CB66F2524010BD144"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examine the extent to which the Bureau of
Prisons houses offenders under the age of 18, and has the ability and
experience to meet the needs of young offenders;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID250398A6141F43768585F41FE410D1DE"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimate the cost to the Federal Government
of prosecuting and incarcerating 16 and 17 year olds who are members of
criminal street gangs and are accused of violent crimes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC29EADD665F1402A81EF64C2B49CA0E4"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detail any benefits for Federal
prosecutions that would be realized by expanding Federal authority to bring
charges against 16 and 17 year olds who are members of criminal street gangs
and are accused of violent crimes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID44C1D42E3FF64E5C994581ED9A9045DB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Prosecutors and
Defenders Incentive Act</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7B411816347340C091F335EF0221518B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>Prosecutors and Defenders
Incentive Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA263743743514F6F9975841A84B2FA8C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Loan repayment
for prosecutors and public defenders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3711">42
U.S.C. 3711</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30403276DF35405BB8B70BF6C1EC71FD" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="ID577F0C626D7E4CD0B2B3DBF53D7418B7"><enum>HH</enum><header>Loan repayment
for prosecutors and public defenders</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID36E3A995A3D345D69E38E6148FF444CC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2901.</enum><header>Grant
authorization</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC01FC2312E2E46FBAFD2DADD122C21B7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this section is to encourage
qualified individuals to enter and continue employment as prosecutors and
public defenders.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID310100FD65E248EFB918B8A8E2C9735E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAD383E260B36473BBFEB0ACDECE2B7E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prosecutor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>prosecutor</term> means a
full-time employee of a State or local agency who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID782C9B2D9919419290BD2FCE3E058500"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is continually licensed to practice law;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4DF9F03B5C534E26AD78E9501452FFED"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prosecutes criminal cases at the State or
local level.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA3E9840930A34D378C7D2C39DEB80F6A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public
defender</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>public defender</term> means an attorney who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID160E0EA0E9AF4707AFAEA6CB7D9C50F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is continually licensed to practice law;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7E7617C7354041368969854D8A9DD412"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF62B37C5190F4BF4A32E60AD930DFD92"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a full-time employee of a State or local
agency or a nonprofit organization operating under a contract with a State or
unit of local government, that provides legal representation to indigent
persons in criminal cases; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE1BBC6FE7D684545BFD909AD5CFA399B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employed as a full-time Federal defender
attorney in a defender organization established pursuant to subsection (g) of
section 3006A of title 18, United States Code, that provides legal
representation to indigent persons in criminal cases.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID98EE6963069B400B82B9B8C18A143F19"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Student
loan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>student
loan</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC6004220AA094851B5C2B2A3F8D83702"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under
part B of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act
of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1071">20 U.S.C. 1071</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5067BDE44B7D4974986D8CDB31C605BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a loan made under part D or E of title IV
of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087a">20 U.S.C.
1087a</external-xref> et seq. and 1087aa et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6E0BA3B42638445CB9279B2725E97060"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a loan made under section 428C or 455(g) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1078-3">20 U.S.C. 1078–3
and 1087e(g)</external-xref>) to the extent that such loan was used to repay a
Federal Direct Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, or a
loan made under section 428 or 428H of such Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEEC82CC85D4D418CA64644AF55DDAAD2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney
General shall establish a program by which the Department of Justice shall
assume the obligation to repay a student loan, by direct payments on behalf of
a borrower to the holder of such loan, in accordance with subsection (d), for
any borrower who—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB5C86C12E28E479FB20DD96B88EF3EA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is employed as a prosecutor or public
defender; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC963875EA4F148A8A4248C8DD581F26E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not in default on a loan for which the
borrower seeks forgiveness.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC93D9DB440AA45098671FDE6E65301C5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Terms of
agreement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF545538F5E294245A1FFF555330D9E6D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to
receive repayment benefits under subsection (c), a borrower shall enter into a
written agreement that specifies that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF9D2F3329A8847148ED1FEEC8CA63867"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the borrower will remain employed as a
prosecutor or public defender for a required period of service of not less than
3 years, unless involuntarily separated from that employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID94171E3C930E46C59AD110558C4197CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the borrower is involuntarily separated
from employment on account of misconduct, or voluntarily separates from
employment, before the end of the period specified in the agreement, the
borrower will repay the Attorney General the amount of any benefits received by
such employee under this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF8901B23857F41E1801621EE869D7FAF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the borrower is required to repay an
amount to the Attorney General under subparagraph (B) and fails to repay such
amount, a sum equal to that amount shall be recoverable by the Federal
Government from the employee (or such employee’s estate, if applicable) by such
methods as are provided by law for the recovery of amounts owed to the Federal
Government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID846A2068E7844134A19A3A12DD758610"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Attorney General may waive, in whole or
in part, a right of recovery under this subsection if it is shown that recovery
would be against equity and good conscience or against the public interest;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC30E3C8D893A4494B82C02C6BC0A9E25"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Attorney General shall make student
loan payments under this section for the period of the agreement, subject to
the availability of appropriations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0FB3C51A977B4F46B0580A62615B91F1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Repayments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB9B94C30F0C54C308A502A4DE1AD716E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amount repaid by,
or recovered from, an individual or the estate of an individual under this
subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account from which the amount
involved was originally paid.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8A5E34DFDA7B4D26B9071308E9AD8488"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Merger</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amount credited under subparagraph (A)
shall be merged with other sums in such account and shall be available for the
same purposes and period, and subject to the same limitations, if any, as the
sums with which the amount was merged.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4851B700FD544514BDFA06F17B613A0C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3A131C8F641348CB91E6681249DAE701"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Student loan
payment amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student loan
repayments made by the Attorney General under this section shall be made
subject to such terms, limitations, or conditions as may be mutually agreed
upon by the borrower and the Attorney General in an agreement under paragraph
(1), except that the amount paid by the Attorney General under this section
shall not exceed—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE78395EA62FC431F93457B5AB3465978"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000 for any borrower in any calendar
year; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1681B485D55045B983EDC4FCAB194F1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an aggregate total of $60,000 in the case
of any borrower.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID45A721C05A604A67AE1AD0DA21900F4D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Beginning of
payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section shall authorize the Attorney General to pay any amount to reimburse a
borrower for any repayments made by such borrower prior to the date on which
the Attorney General entered into an agreement with the borrower under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID531DF2B939F34627BF9A2E495127F548"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional
agreements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5B026ACD98434CAF9B4E126B8AE8F03D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On completion of the
required period of service under an agreement under subsection (d), the
borrower and the Attorney General may, subject to paragraph (2), enter into an
additional agreement in accordance with subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7ABCBAEFE0624CC6ACB19CF8B1564FBA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agreement entered into under paragraph
(1) may require the borrower remain employed as a prosecutor or public defender
for less than 3 years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE92499BB4A86484F8CC658AFF75CAF9A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Award basis;
priority</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFC17E0547A604F64A32FA858D89EEF4B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Award
basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph
(2), the Attorney General shall provide repayment benefits under this section
on a first-come, first-served basis, and subject to the availability of
appropriations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1C77F14328DC457FA2CF1DECFE2722A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General shall give priority in
providing repayment benefits under this section in any fiscal year to a
borrower who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAD446D7A66B34F36A78F2C8C663D43D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">received repayment benefits under this
section during the preceding fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8FD59F1FC283490DAF479EC2F7CD8B47"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has completed less than 3 years of the
first required period of service specified for the borrower in an agreement
entered into under subsection (d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDCA6E773D92C47FD8AE7B8B8CC4C5F25"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General is authorized to issue
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9C0E963640E344F0BF62BEB9701B9114"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for fiscal
year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal
year.</text>
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