1.
Short title; table of contents
(a)
This Act may be cited as the Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of
2005
.
(b)
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Title I—Criminal street gang abatement
Act
Sec. 100. Findings.
Subtitle A—Criminal law reforms and
enhanced penalties to deter and punish illegal street gang activity
Sec. 101. Solicitation or recruitment of
persons in criminal street gang activity.
Sec. 102. Criminal street
gangs.
Sec. 103. Violent crimes in furtherance or
in aid of criminal street gangs.
Sec. 104. Interstate and foreign travel or
transportation in aid of criminal street gangs.
Sec. 105. Amendments relating to violent
crime in areas of exclusive Federal jurisdiction.
Sec. 106. Increased penalties for use of
interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire and other
felony crimes of violence.
Sec. 107. Increased penalties for violent
crimes in aid of racketeering activity.
Sec. 108. Murder and other violent crimes
committed during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
Subtitle B—Increased Federal resources to
deter and prevent at-risk youth from joining illegal street gangs
Sec. 110. Designation of and assistance
for high intensity
interstate gang activity areas.
Sec. 111. Enhancement of project safe
neighborhoods initiative to improve enforcement of criminal laws against
violent gangs.
Sec. 112. Additional resources needed by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate and prosecute violent
criminal street gangs.
Sec. 113. Grants to State and local
prosecutors to combat violent crime and to protect witnesses and victims of
crimes.
Sec. 114. Reauthorize the gang resistance
education and training projects program.
Title II—Violent crime reforms needed to
deter and prevent illegal gang crime
Sec. 201. Multiple interstate
murder.
Sec. 202. Expansion of rebuttable
presumption against release of persons charged with firearms
offenses.
Sec. 203. Venue in capital
cases.
Sec. 204. Statute of limitations for
violent crime.
Sec. 205. Predicate crimes for
authorization of interception of wire, oral, and electronic
communications.
Sec. 206. Clarification to hearsay
exception for forfeiture by wrongdoing.
Sec. 207. Clarification of venue for
retaliation against a witness.
Sec. 208. Amendment of sentencing
guidelines relating to certain gang and violent crimes.
Sec. 209. Increased penalties for criminal
use of firearms in crimes of violence and drug trafficking.
Sec. 210. Possession of firearms by
dangerous felons.
Sec. 211. Conforming
amendment.
Title III—Juvenile crime reform for violent
offenders
Sec. 301. Treatment of Federal juvenile
offenders.
Sec. 302. Notification after
arrest.
Sec. 303. Release and detention prior to
disposition.
Sec. 304. Speedy trial.
Sec. 305. Federal sentencing
guidelines.
<enum>I</enum>
<header>Criminal street gang abatement Act</header>
<section id="IDB9EBF610EFBC47D1887C215FF9D5D686">
<enum>100.</enum>
<header>Findings</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDCBBCD9BBD7724A568AAD60C15FCDA783">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>violent crime and drug trafficking are pervasive problems at the
national, State, and local level;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6782C0A027A648D693C642AA982FB83C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the crime rate is exacerbated by the association of persons in
gangs to commit acts of violence and drug offenses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFB7152776C5949AD8260842D30BB92FC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>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 id="ID50B10136F428445BA6A1FBE2B69BD321">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>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 id="ID12128193D61D4F6C933A897873DC9FF2">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>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 id="ID4B7F5222B82B428CB4A882E54803482B">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>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 id="ID9D99A2EB3F4844DE8A6239A307C10CDF">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>gangs often intimidate and threaten witnesses to prevent
successful prosecutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC5F15E8FB2454319A884CAF7AC99F023">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>gang recruitment can be deterred 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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDFFDA20D2A834F1AA3ABF6339C465857">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>State and local prosecutors, in hearings before the Committee on
the Judiciary of the Senate, enlisted the help of Congress in the prevention,
investigation, and prosecution of gang crimes and in the protection of
witnesses and victims of gang crimes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID90011346EA5641A680CBB11271CD33E1">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>because State and local prosecutors and law enforcement have the
expertise, experience, and connection to the community that is needed to combat
gang violence, consultation and coordination between Federal, State, and local
law enforcement is critical to the successful prosecutions of criminal street
gangs.</text>
</paragraph></section><subtitle id="ID52D855A4CEC24A94B908417C2305EC4D">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Criminal law reforms and enhanced penalties To deter and punish
illegal street gang activity</header>
<section id="ID3D105C3413434D8B829499975AF03FED">
<enum>101.</enum>
<header>Solicitation or recruitment of persons in criminal street gang
activity</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 id="ID6E0D25CBCC004A86BE015A72C44F4F17" style="USC">
<section id="ID7EE820D6C8404F39A6F494965A496D87">
<enum>522.</enum>
<header>Recruitment of persons to participate in a criminal street
gang</header>
<subsection id="ID7CDF73A22A814F689B98E7A009B1AE87">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Prohibited acts</header>
<text>It shall be unlawful for any person to recruit, employ,
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 to cause that
person to participate in an offense described in section 521(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8676F9D69BC24D378DBD2B368476AFA5">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Definition</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID31B2246C1DCA4284B8CCB56B8516A8D8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Criminal street gang</header>
<text>The term <term>criminal street gang</term> shall have the same
meaning as in section 521(a) of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAFF21EFAC6974B8A8834DA529D3D7515">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Minor</header>
<text>The term <term>minor</term> means a person who is less than 18
years of age.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9804E614D4644CF0A870E879F46DEC1A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Penalties</header>
<text>Any person who violates subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4264BF882560463493705EC99A14DCFE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>be imprisoned not more than 5 years, fined under this title, or
both; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD4337A85DF1E42A3A6FC09A748C46148">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>if the person recruited, solicited, induced, commanded, or
caused to participate or remain in a criminal street gang is under the age of
18—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID584124451E1B46699F380EDE7ED7A7F2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>be imprisoned for not more than 10 years, fined under this
title, or both; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD3876CFCDEAA4C349FF5E4A769545AB2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>at the discretion of the sentencing judge, be liable for any
costs incurred by the Federal Government, or by any State or local government,
for housing, maintaining, and treating the person until the person attains the
age of 18 years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID518F55FCF30F463AB865BD40CFDA14F9">
<enum>102.</enum>
<header>Criminal street gangs</header>
<subsection id="ID0EFE5D612917459DBA850C71CAD12514">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Criminal street gang prosecutions</header>
<text>Section 521 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID5D1525FA851248AEAAA2B6FA020B6021" style="USC">
<section id="ID2B592A5D3CEF458B8336C9C65FDD5DD4">
<enum>521.</enum>
<header>Criminal street gang prosecutions</header>
<subsection id="ID773C66B3E5A84981BA780598F7FBAC4B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>As used in this chapter:</text>
<paragraph id="ID155138E282544DE5938F54B63A2A6AE8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Criminal street gang</header>
<text>The term <term>criminal street gang</term> means a formal or
informal group, club, organization, or association of 3 or more individuals,
who individually, jointly, or in combination, have committed or attempted to
commit for the direct or indirect benefit of, at the direction of, in
furtherance of, or in association with the group, club organization, or
association at least 2 separate acts, each of which is a predicate gang crime,
1 of which occurs after the date of enactment of the Gang Prevention and
Effective Deterrence Act of 2004 and the last of which occurs not later than 10
years (excluding any period of imprisonment) after the commission of a prior
predicate gang crime, and 1 predicate gang crime is a crime of violence or
involves manufacturing, importing, distributing, possessing with intent to
distribute, or otherwise dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemicals
(as those terms are defined in section 102 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/802">21 U.S.C. 802</external-xref>))
provided that the activities of the criminal street gang affect interstate or
foreign commerce, or involve the use of any facility of, or travel in,
interstate or foreign commerce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDACFD30FB8A084312943637D2B1433DD3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Predicate gang crime</header>
<text>The term <term>predicate gang crime</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6C88C177833E4074A11899FABE455746">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>any act, threat, conspiracy, or attempted act, which is
chargeable under Federal or State law and punishable by imprisonment for more
than 1 year involving—</text>
<clause id="ID98011F48DF9F4A0FA523340336CBCE5B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>murder;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID48C1681BBA1846D293D450E39E54E57E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>manslaughter;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA491EEA8679848999D3F6D00C607524B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>maiming;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6413231B916B49858AA827301F662E26">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>assault with a dangerous weapon;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDD19009079FD743238BF118A352096305">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>assault resulting in serious bodily injury;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA97AFCC66E95480E9FD51983295E1966">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>gambling;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID482ABCA0DE314550B9A0A463E1144948">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>kidnapping;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDD14AB0A395AD40E28F570788EF8A2B2B">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>robbery;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE804BA03DE804438B559C7EB384A8F6B">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text>extortion;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID88DF3207963142D7AEE9FE537399E2EB">
<enum>(x)</enum>
<text>arson;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDAC773AA004CA4092A35E87D97A47C9E0">
<enum>(xi)</enum>
<text>obstruction of justice;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF53B0F53153F436CABB99E52C955B6CF">
<enum>(xii)</enum>
<text>tampering with or retaliating against a witness, victim, or
informant;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID40345A9C6B564F9FA178A7271753CF04">
<enum>(xiii)</enum>
<text>burglary;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4488AE54E4FA4207B8B712F38C1453D9">
<enum>(xiv)</enum>
<text>sexual assault (which means any offense that involves conduct
that would violate chapter 109A if the conduct occurred in the special maritime
and territorial jurisdiction);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE2843780A20B4F04A99EC9E5C2555BDF">
<enum>(xv)</enum>
<text>carjacking; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDECA62A3F3B2A4E149978E49E8B232778">
<enum>(xvi)</enum>
<text>manufacturing, importing, distributing, possessing with intent
to distribute, or otherwise dealing in a controlled substance or listed
chemicals (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/802">21 U.S.C.
802</external-xref>));</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC8CF130E9DD24269B2F7E41561DE8EFD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any act punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year
under—</text>
<clause id="IDF502E8B42CC4468FA53B0162914F4AC0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>section 844 (relating to explosive materials);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID294CD9EB00AD4C92B0801D91AE7C22BA">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>section 922(g)(1) (where the underlying conviction is a violent
felony (as defined in section 924(e)(2)(B) of this title) or is a serious drug
offense (as defined in section 924(e)(2)(A) of this title));</text>
</clause><clause id="ID94A57C967FD547419E53440E17871C9E">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>subsection (a)(2), (b), (c), (g), or (h) of section 924
(relating to receipt, possession, and transfer of firearms);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA4D5A94F5F5640A0B2D2D350B93EE3A4">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>sections 1028 and 1029 (relating to fraud and related activity
in connection with identification documents or access devices);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID98BD02C88DBF41EFA2095E3E66B0DA45">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>section 1503 (relating to obstruction of justice);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID93CFB350D6B84EDEB0FC2BF71E8CC246">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>section 1510 (relating to obstruction of criminal
investigations);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDDEE88A8B585A4016A317C879D099E288">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>section 1512 (relating to tampering with a witness, victim, or
informant), or section 1513 (relating to retaliating against a witness, victim,
or informant);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2FFE9F7B4CBB48C39B23A7CA1A280FFD">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>section 1708 (relating to theft of stolen mail matter);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDAE591F23943942AEB97282DA367E8000">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text>section 1951 (relating to interference with commerce, robbery
or extortion);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF23CA4A0244B467B8408B1CA77FB7321">
<enum>(x)</enum>
<text>section 1952 (relating to racketeering);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF96769FCBA2449F9B5A37C1D1F346E76">
<enum>(xi)</enum>
<text>section 1956 (relating to the laundering of monetary
instruments);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4EDB2009126B46FE935A24E0492BC93D">
<enum>(xii)</enum>
<text>section 1957 (relating to engaging in monetary transactions in
property derived from specified unlawful activity);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA54B26EACB984AC3890795736F2C0C0D">
<enum>(xiii)</enum>
<text>section 1958 (relating to use of interstate commerce facilities
in the commission of murder-for-hire); or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA8EF9C59A443491AAA648412B6D1097B">
<enum>(xiv)</enum>
<text>sections 2312 through 2315 (relating to interstate
transportation of stolen motor vehicles or stolen property); or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID933B6BD5FBF6484CA04399A9FBDBA771">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>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
alien for immoral purpose).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID29079751B97A483882A61C3AE433C666">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>State</header>
<text>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></subsection><subsection id="ID888E687978224484ABC70B7ADF560557">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Participation in criminal street gangs</header>
<text>It shall be unlawful—</text>
<paragraph id="ID9D7E4F0673994ECAA7384D2C07147823">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to commit, or conspire or attempt to commit a predicate
crime—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID56E533543B6F42AFB9DE5AB8ABDA2181">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in furtherance or in aid of the activities of a criminal street
gang;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID78BA65E940EF4BFBA123EFA3593F3021">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining or
increasing position in such a gang; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2F00FC08053847AFAC45FA785E63D76F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>for the direct or indirect benefit of the criminal street gang,
or in association with the criminal street gang; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID539BF65E1D834AFBBE485417AFAE8600">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to employ, use, command, counsel, persuade, induce, entice, or
coerce any individual to commit, cause to commit, or facilitate the commission
of, a predicate gang crime—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1C8BFCE87365405EBEAB48135E6A5302">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in furtherance or in aid of the activities of a criminal street
gang;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID93BDD712AB6F4255B501EDEA45964B95">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining or
increasing position in such a gang; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE9CBD6255CB24F9385D9F701E3F0C6C7">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>for the direct or indirect benefit or the criminal street gang,
or in association with the criminal street gang.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBCBC6D2938214607A114795FE9B75C62">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Penalties</header>
<text>Whoever violates paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b)—</text>
<paragraph id="IDE22C5D05BE564288B7F248EB2FD2E422">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than
30 years, or both; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID689DA115D12341FEA162754187891106">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>if the violation is based on a predicate gang crime for which
the maximum penalty includes life imprisonment, shall be fined under this
title, imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDFAC5E6D958214E48BD860CDC58A03B96">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Forfeiture</header>
<paragraph id="IDE88E61EDC7C047F38744CFE9C3A2AEA3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The court, in imposing sentence on a person who is convicted of
an offense under this section, shall order that the defendant forfeit to the
United States—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9C5927DF0D734D4FAE25D3096DDFAD42">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>any property, real or personal, constituting or traceable to
gross proceeds obtained from such offense; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1B328A9C20B8497A8F64CCA3F2EFF198">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any property used or intended to be used, in any manner or
part, to commit or to facilitate the commission of such violation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID603EA7062AC445BDBBAD4CDD763AEF05">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Criminal procedures</header>
<text>The procedures set forth in 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>), other than subsection (d) of that section, and in rule
32.2 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall apply to all stages of a
criminal forfeiture proceeding under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2B3AD1C8D4C244ACA044A7D3C4BF5C91">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Civil procedures</header>
<text>Property subject to forfeiture under paragraph (1) may be
forfeited in a civil case pursuant to the procedures set forth in chapter 46 of
this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDA5AEFC80B26040F789B85166BE6CB288">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>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 id="IDE977FEC57B2E40EE89937FD8347DE6D3" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">521. Criminal street gang
prosecutions.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDE38CD7D0A1944F0FB31B6DAB7267008E">
<enum>103.</enum>
<header>Violent crimes in furtherance or in aid of criminal street
gangs</header>
<subsection id="IDA7071342D0CC4E8CB6C5ADB9BBFD70B9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Violent crimes and criminal street gang recruitment</header>
<text>Chapter 26 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section
101, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDC2D6CF0627FD4201AD760A8F88C9DBB1" style="USC">
<section id="ID8A20D3A4F14048648786CC0FA8F1C95B">
<enum>523.</enum>
<header>Violent crimes in furtherance or in aid of a criminal street
gang</header>
<subsection id="ID337DFA94891A49468BE6235B3C5AC3CE">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<text>Any person who, for the purpose of gaining entrance to or
maintaining or increasing position in, or in furtherance or in aid of, or for
the direct or indirect benefit of, or in association with a criminal street
gang, or as consideration for the receipt of, or as consideration for a promise
or agreement to pay, anything of pecuniary value to or from a criminal street
gang, murders, kidnaps, sexually assaults (which means any offense that
involved conduct that would violate chapter 109A if the conduct occurred in the
special maritime and territorial jurisdiction), maims, assaults with a
dangerous weapon, commits assault resulting in serious bodily injury upon,
commits any other crime of violence or threatens to commit a crime of violence
against any individual, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished,
in addition and consecutive to the punishment provided for any other violation
of this chapter—</text>
<paragraph id="ID443583F5579849A2901B2C2AE818EB17">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>for murder, by death or imprisonment for any term of years or
for life, a fine under this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0318F92E24E34F4E8D42B542DD326295">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>for kidnapping or sexual assault, by imprisonment for any term
of years or for life, a fine under this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID982484602EC44BFDB985B4844D2C9897">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>for maiming, by imprisonment for any term of years or for life,
a fine under this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1D18EB88B06E448BAE45B3BC617BFCB4">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>for assault with a dangerous weapon or assault resulting in
serious bodily injury, by imprisonment for not more than 30 years, a fine under
this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2A830EEBD99C48E4B9481F3956EA050B">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>for any other crime of violence, by imprisonment for not more
than 20 years, a fine under this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID063DC2D5075A44C3BC4F1FDC2CB906CB">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>for threatening to commit a crime of violence specified in
paragraphs (1) through (4), by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, a fine
under this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2EB6C44E4E984247A401A78FF081A532">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>for attempting or conspiring to commit murder, kidnapping,
maiming, or sexual assault, by imprisonment for not more than 30 years, a fine
under this title, or both; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD025C51D877A4052859117376D30DF39">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>for attempting or conspiring to commit a crime involving
assault with a dangerous weapon or assault resulting in serious bodily injury,
by imprisonment for not more than 20 years, a fine under this title, or
both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF6F06F7153264A71AB367E7569758849">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Definition</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>criminal street gang</term> has
the same meaning as in section 521 of this title.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID63A190CEDA964C02AEB54A5B30CBEAD4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>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:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID349D6B1DB88A4AD98B07F96258380C77" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">522. Recruitment of persons to participate
in a criminal street gang.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">523. Violent crimes in furtherance of a
criminal street
gang.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID8C993288846B43FF960BA6EC300374D8">
<enum>104.</enum>
<header>Interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of
racketeering enterprises and criminal street gangs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1952 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID84CDA87665E34179BDA97E32EE06D1F9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2F1B6177E8F04DC88841F53928804F2C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and thereafter performs or attempts to
perform</quote> and inserting <quote>and thereafter performs, or attempts or
conspires to perform</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA6958941F5FD4868AD6C84061ECE73F5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>5 years</quote> and inserting <quote>10
years</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID43362133FA85430F923557328BF52A94">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>punished by death or</quote> after <quote>if
death results shall be</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6884B60D5D1443E085177416D529939C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and
(d), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD97A417D4EB84BDA983D669FB35ED9D9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDFEAE6FB624CA4409BF132A521ADBDD7A">
<subsection id="IDA2E0136EA068400B99A25C3AD4C41525">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<text>Whoever travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses the
mail or any facility in interstate or foreign commerce, with the intent to
kill, assault, bribe, force, intimidate, or threaten any person, to delay or
influence the testimony of, or prevent from testifying, a witness in a State
criminal proceeding and thereafter performs, or attempts or conspires to
perform, an act described in this subsection, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID83DD0D8D8FF44A4281174FCB4116D98E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>be fined under this title, imprisoned for any term of years, or
both; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID20BB2F10ABFF4D87AE5118C8FCD7CEF6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>if death results, be punished by death or imprisonment for any
term of years or for life.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9B4B07F1A88F4A8DBE3ADDEC0A7BD67E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(2), as redesignated under subparagraph (B), by
inserting <quote>intimidation of, or retaliation against, a witness, victim,
juror, or informant,</quote> after <quote>extortion, bribery,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDF51B94059C924E08839B19712F1CDF0A">
<enum>105.</enum>
<header>Amendments relating to violent crime in areas of exclusive
Federal jurisdiction</header>
<subsection id="ID976B25D974F74435A06C90F69769D36F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Assault within Maritime and territorial jurisdiction of United
States</header>
<text>Section 113(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking <quote>with intent to do bodily harm, and without just cause or
excuse,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9F031D0B2495441FA52A6D5AC6C1B98E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Manslaughter</header>
<text>Section 1112(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by—</text>
<paragraph id="ID93A3FC1E73B741239B5ED95491B56C31">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>striking <quote>ten years</quote> and inserting <quote>20
years</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID36641A4920C3425E8A951D8404D54A81">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>striking <quote>six years</quote> and inserting <quote>10
years</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID46B54A43D25C4320BE7C568A6CBAB80C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Offenses committed within Indian country</header>
<text>Section 1153(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
inserting <quote>an offense for which the maximum statutory term of
imprisonment under section 1363 is greater than 5 years,</quote> after <quote>a
felony under chapter 109A,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF398B640DE5541F1993CBA3CA9ECFB6D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations</header>
<text>Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1EB329F2C29342E1AA5805B6B8464CB8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, or would have been so
chargeable if the act or threat (other than lawful forms of gambling) had not
been committed in Indian country (as defined in section 1151) or in any other
area of exclusive Federal jurisdiction,</quote> after <quote>chargeable under
State law</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF10CF8CFC89F45EF937EA3DBCF95FF94">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>section 1123 (relating
to multiple interstate murder),</quote> after <quote>section 1084 (relating to
the transmission of wagering information),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDFBD8AD363CCA4625BCAE40C86CF18376">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Carjacking</header>
<text>Section 2119 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking <quote>, with the intent to cause death or serious bodily
harm</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6447EE80A9AD4C34990CEF3AC5BC7D88">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Clarification of illegal gun transfers To commit drug
trafficking crime or crimes of violence</header>
<text>Section 924(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID4B3ECEBAB89A4FC798178458EDEE41AE">
<subsection id="ID5AF5E949078342418DB7FFB22E80A08D">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Illegal transfers</header>
<text>Whoever knowingly transfers a firearm, knowing that the firearm
will be used to commit, or possessed in furtherance of, a crime of violence (as
defined in subsection (c)(3)) or drug trafficking crime (as defined in
subsection (c)(2)), shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years, fined under
this title, or both.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4F62FDC0956F4B7BA5ADE55C21C0E3FD">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Amendment of special sentencing provision</header>
<text>Section 3582(d) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDF457A68FE585463BBE4B6ECD21107CD4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>chapter 95 (racketeering) or 96 (racketeer
influenced and corrupt organizations) of this title</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 521 (criminal street gangs) or 522 (violent crimes in
furtherance or in aid of criminal street gangs), in chapter 95 (racketeering)
or 96 (racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID63F183D9D6CB4852A6697AD1B9517261">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>a criminal street gang or</quote> before
<quote>an illegal enterprise</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1AB4D33E0B8A436792E397016887093D">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment relating to orders for
restitution</header>
<text>Section 3663(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking <quote>chapter 46 or chapter 96 of this title</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 521, under chapter 46 or 96,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDE99DD0AC96754286BF3FFC6DAA931E03">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Special provision for Indian country</header>
<text>No person subject to the criminal jurisdiction of an Indian
tribal government shall be subject to section 3559(e) of title 18, United
States Code, for any offense for which Federal jurisdiction is solely
predicated on Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of such title 18) and
which occurs within the boundaries of such Indian country unless the governing
body of such Indian tribe elects to subject the persons under the criminal
jurisdiction of the tribe to section 3559(e) of such title 18.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDE74EE14DFF1B486FAB2EAF5D2F9270D3">
<enum>106.</enum>
<header>Increased penalties for use of interstate commerce facilities
in the Commission of murder-for-hire and other felony crimes of
violence</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1958 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDAC397731CF274EA48016DB1207664F64">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking the header and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID569796B2702D4B1B8D79EF247D703344" style="USC">
<section id="ID3C2668CDAD794A699A39561C92E95BD4">
<enum>1958.</enum>
<header>Use of interstate commerce facilities in the Commission of
murder-for-hire and other felony crimes of violence</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF17E8ECDC13641EAB680749B3DCF574D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID27DC63C0AE2A45589478223EEC270E4F">
<subsection id="ID6DF1CD3D562E4B779F8EDD890EE678F7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<text>Any person who travels in or causes another (including the
intended victim) to travel in interstate or foreign commerce, or uses or causes
another (including the intended victim) to use the mail or any facility in
interstate or foreign commerce, with intent that a murder or other felony crime
of violence be committed in violation of the laws of any State or the United
States as consideration for the receipt of, or as consideration for a promise
or agreement to pay, anything of pecuniary value, or who conspires to do
so—</text>
<paragraph id="ID67AEF19F8057438A9AED0E335D88F6E6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>may be fined under this title and shall be imprisoned not more
than 20 years;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCC4BCD3D90BF4CC5B772200C65626A8B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>if personal injury results, may be fined under this title and
shall be imprisoned for not more than 30 years; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID72DAA2E750874A1F9DE81394190A9800">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>if death results, may be fined not more than $250,000, and
shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or
both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID62EDDCF1109D4A5AB26EA8F6A782D18D">
<enum>107.</enum>
<header>Increased penalties for violent crimes in aid of racketeering
activity</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1959(a) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDD62F5A33E0D74D2C9451200B537F2A50">
<subsection id="ID73A4BBBC394148BF99DC9675212CEA0D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<text>Any person who, as consideration for the receipt of, or as
consideration for a promise or agreement to pay, anything of pecuniary value
from an enterprise engaged in racketeering activity, or for the purpose of
gaining entrance to or maintaining or increasing position in an enterprise
engaged in racketeering activity, or in furtherance or in aid of an enterprise
engaged in racketeering activity, murders, kidnaps, sexually assaults (which
means any offense that involved conduct that would violate chapter 109A if the
conduct occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction), maims,
assaults with a dangerous weapon, commits assault resulting in serious bodily
injury upon, or threatens to commit a crime of violence against any individual
in violation of the laws of any State or the United States, or attempts or
conspires to do so, shall be punished, in addition and consecutive to the
punishment provided for any other violation of this chapter—</text>
<paragraph id="ID15541B9651194978B58B661EE4C6F929">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>for murder, by death or imprisonment for any term of years or
for life, a fine under this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1BC142C89C0B4481A30D197CDA585668">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>for kidnapping or sexual assault, by imprisonment for any term
of years or for life, a fine under this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4A977FBCBDDF49969EF467037313B0DB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>for maiming, by imprisonment for any term of years or for life,
a fine under this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2724D76D13DE4FFDAF362E677D32D005">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>for assault with a dangerous weapon or assault resulting in
serious bodily injury, by imprisonment for not more than 30 years, a fine under
this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID836462550F814A08A5F2C62E9CAA2964">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>for threatening to commit a crime of violence, by imprisonment
for not more than 10 years, a fine under this title, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC5F2204E544E444B9CA960F5694D554F">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>for attempting or conspiring to commit murder, kidnapping,
maiming, or sexual assault, by imprisonment for not more than 30 years, a fine
under this title, or both; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3764DAD85C8B41E68C6773B7EC3CB944">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>for attempting or conspiring to commit assault with a dangerous
weapon or assault which would result in serious bodily injury, by imprisonment
for not more than 20 years, a fine under this title, or both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDF02B8CCE2D5749F8BF5B440372040B04">
<enum>108.</enum>
<header>Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in
relation to a drug trafficking crime</header>
<subsection id="IDA898164F11FC44A4A6DC0D7D80D1662C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Part D of the <act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances
Act</act-name> (21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Controlled Substances Act" id="ID6AD3CA0B5F7742D0AA59CDEFC55CE4B5" style="traditional">
<section id="IDD92B4DFC3C5A41A59C966E781CB12B96">
<enum>424.</enum>
<header>Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in
relation to a drug trafficking crime</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID06D6FF6644D44CD7A0C1F78E789E9A93"><enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header><text>Any person who, during and in
relation to any drug trafficking crime, murders, kidnaps, sexually assaults
(which means any offense that involved conduct that would violate chapter 109A
if the conduct occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction),
maims, assaults with a dangerous weapon, commits assault resulting in serious
bodily injury upon, commits any other crime of violence or threatens to commit
a crime of violence against, any individual, or attempts or conspires to do so,
shall be punished, in addition and consecutive to the punishment provided for
the drug trafficking crime—</text>
<paragraph id="ID68BD59C4F601439AB823A8247FBA98DE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the case of murder, by death or imprisonment for any term of
years or for life, a fine under title 18, United States Code, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC3D9320F34FF4260BBD4F79D15645DB4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in the case of kidnapping or sexual assault by imprisonment for
any term of years or for life, a fine under such title 18, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1A6233CBD43B4AB998C7C88BA3DBD65D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in the case of maiming, by imprisonment for any term of years
or for life, a fine under such title 18, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE8468CADBFB941C6BA36D786B0971490">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in the case of assault with a dangerous weapon or assault
resulting in serious bodily injury, by imprisonment not more than 30 years, a
fine under such title 18, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1706A76ED76448D5AB77C2BB665ACC56">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in the case of committing any other crime of violence, by
imprisonment for not more than 20 years, a fine under this title, or
both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDAC01964E0C04B82951390AFEA1AEBDC">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in the case of threatening to commit a crime of violence
specified in paragraphs (1) through (4), by imprisonment for not more than 10
years, a fine under such title 18, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID42258989FAA948EFBD376B8225056108">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>in the case of attempting or conspiring to commit murder,
kidnapping, maiming, or sexual assault, by imprisonment for not more than 30
years, a fine under such title 18, or both; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0FD88271ED8E4CEEBC6D8C3C9F9FAEE6">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>in the case of attempting or conspiring to commit a crime
involving assault with a dangerous weapon or assault resulting in serious
bodily injury, by imprisonment for not more than 20 years, a fine under such
title 18, or both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID89B8FA1D2DA845E38F9649D17DF24304">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Venue</header><text>A prosecution for a violation of this
section may be brought in—</text>
<paragraph id="ID53470C0626BB4150AF0B8F9524E0404C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the judicial district in which the murder or other crime of
violence occurred; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID294192009AF54CFC837E0E979D864632">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any judicial district in which the drug trafficking crime may
be prosecuted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID301B0797651340EC81F915CD14B41F9D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Applicable death penalty procedures</header><text>A defendant
who has been found guilty of an offense under this section for which a sentence
of death is provided shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 228 of title
18, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID00AB433510224F1A8BACD4B5AE308408">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header><text>As used in this section—</text>
<paragraph id="ID73B0229DCB944BDA95D23670EBEBFE4F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the term <term>crime of violence</term> has the meaning given
that term in section 16 of title 18, United States Code; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2790F448B78E46E08B9734240C223E49">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the term <term>drug trafficking crime</term> has the meaning
given that term in section 924(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDE514B016BD6649EE87BD97D2EBAD57FC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The table of contents for the <act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name> is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 423, the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Controlled Substances Act" id="ID0A93F98CBB5D4C5DAF47659A0B7F6551" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 424. Murder and other violent crimes
committed during and in relation to a drug trafficking
crime.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="ID9607DAF821E748A58BCBB711195E1FCD">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Increased Federal resources To suppress, deter, and prevent
at-Risk youth from joining illegal street gangs</header>
<section id="IDDB2A9D31135C4757BF2D5BFBCDEB37DC">
<enum>110.</enum>
<header>Designation of and assistance for <quote>high intensity</quote>
interstate gang activity areas</header>
<subsection id="ID11E6FE7393784D4B87420A7CDF6F25C8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section the following definitions shall apply:</text>
<paragraph id="ID37BE3B79507C41EC83F856790501B97F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Governor</header>
<text>The term <term>Governor</term> means a Governor of a State or the
Mayor of the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID080D1BDA06B54571AFBB88F7FED1C83D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>High intensity interstate gang activity area</header>
<text>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 id="ID55520741048E4118907B4B44A8D17938">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>State</header>
<text>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 by section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian
Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4BE296A11CF44197A787800376A114C6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>High intensity interstate gang activity areas</header>
<paragraph id="IDC9413DAF65844C79A12692B96F2E2E1D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Designation</header>
<text>The Attorney General, after consultation with the Governors of
appropriate States, may designate as high intensity interstate gang activity
areas, specific areas that are located within 1 or more States. To the extent
that the goals of a high intensity interstate gang activity area (HIIGAA)
overlap with the goals of a high intensity drug trafficking area (HIDTA), the
Attorney General may merge the 2 areas to serve as a dual-purpose entity. The
Attorney General may not make the final designation of a high intensity
interstate gang activity area without first consulting with and receiving
comment from local elected officials representing communities within the State
of the proposed designation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1098EA0D311645B0B83280B82E4BF002">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Assistance</header>
<text>In order to provide Federal assistance to high intensity
interstate gang activity areas, the Attorney General shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID32DDDE97F4CB44A7BD051AEA70E14725">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>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;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE906DEDF6EC0444C80DAAF05D826E9C8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>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 id="ID839973F27572441CA66F727B80D0F0FA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>provide all necessary funding for the operation of the criminal
street gang enforcement team in each high intensity interstate gang activity
area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF5C8DC89BCFC4C49B7DEEA55608107B7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Composition of criminal street gang enforcement team</header>
<text>The team established pursuant to paragraph (2)(A) shall consist
of agents and officers, where feasible, from—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID484B84FD41B84A5683B4F87C3834526A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID54A2E009D13A40F0B3F88791CCAEB50A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Department of Homeland Security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID74161B4113BD492494E10E42E3ECE330">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the Department of Housing and Urban Development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID05648D68F9A54AD59D1BFC43C9F89798">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the Drug Enforcement Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID490385E482D4417897210211B5F37146">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the Internal Revenue Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0CC3B8B507B548409F15341D92ADF725">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID83A74432624F48248D94111CF6C4D6CE">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>the United States Marshal’s Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA3963E3CFF5E4C96BC60702CBB2AC3E4">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>the United States Postal Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7CE6CAFA323D4CD7A9A3E34A6D52AB03">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>State and local law enforcement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF3F71E5C90714FF0BBCDE39C7A5045FC">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>Federal, State and local prosecutors.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD6ED547A321441958A8C982BECAD83E6">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Criteria for designation</header>
<text>In considering an area for designation as a high intensity
interstate gang activity area under this section, the Attorney General shall
consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7F5038A0127348878187CEEFC2BE1451">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the current and predicted levels of gang crime activity in the
area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCE46F0DD3E7D441E8B8375A66EEA0061">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>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 id="ID9A9EBF62216B4110BAA74F71AA581039">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the extent to which State and local law enforcement agencies have
committed resources to—</text>
<clause id="ID15D8EE5CF38D40588ACCF255EA22A9E3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>respond to the gang crime problem; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE4DCEA691C544C1489F37477BD29CECC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>participate in a gang enforcement team;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID98724F73F57C408C8224E2769F7AD2CA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>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 id="IDB44AD0067B924364BCF5D2BC57D23514">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>any other criteria that the Attorney General considers to be
appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDFD89C2A3D72C461E98E87F5F68ED841E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="ID9EABCC0CC0F6489A93E42CCCC07F486A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2005 to 2009 to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1DC07A8A8DF641499BF30F1B99615EBA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<text>Of amounts made available under paragraph (1) in each fiscal
year—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID58A27EC0405D4F23B57A9CB9D114D126">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>50 percent shall be used to carry out subsection (b)(2);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2486CF4E683945FAAA54118EAC05A26C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>50 percent shall be used to make grants available for
community-based programs to provide crime prevention, research, and
intervention services that are designed for gang members and at-risk youth in
areas designated pursuant to this section as high intensity interstate gang
activity areas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD62E8E435C934B25B6CA627A388CEFFE">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Reporting requirements</header>
<text>By February 1st of each year, the Attorney General shall provide
a report to Congress which describes, for each designated high intensity
interstate gang activity area—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6FBE0FB9CB7F42B097D4C06A6E031028">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the specific long-term and short-term goals and
objectives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3ECC36F6321E427693046A87B91D2AEF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the measurements used to evaluate the performance of the high
intensity interstate gang activity area in achieving the long-term and
short-term goals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB9528184CE4742D78B5908D6099C204A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the age, composition, and membership of
<quote>gangs</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDDEB5BE6F4AD412F86C43F56BB755D13">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the number and nature of crimes committed by
<quote>gangs</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBC63E5576A704624905644818F713816">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the definition of the term <term>gang</term> used to compile this
report.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID04BAE89144DA47899978D0D27521A173">
<enum>111.</enum>
<header>Enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative To improve
enforcement of criminal laws against violent gangs</header>
<subsection id="IDA4DD400B8D934C4B84B28082F0969791">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>While maintaining the focus of Project Safe Neighborhoods as a
comprehensive, strategic approach to reducing gun violence in America, the
Attorney General is authorized to expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program
to require each United States attorney to—</text>
<paragraph id="IDFD27604B9DCC4EC0B698803CCC2B4480">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>identify, investigate, and prosecute significant criminal street
gangs operating within their district;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6E50B18589DA4F8F98D1E95060262F9D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>coordinate the identification, investigation, and prosecution of
criminal street gangs among Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE9CD2FFF0E664E3EBB96A2463FA60A07">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>coordinate and establish criminal street gang enforcement teams,
established under section 110(b), in high intensity interstate gang activity
areas within a United States attorney’s district.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID20B54DA3B00044F38BF6AE638C81DBBF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Additional staff for Project Safe Neighborhoods</header>
<paragraph id="ID59300FC2D04B4F40A18415EC0AA5A716">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Attorney General may hire Assistant United States attorneys,
non-attorney coordinators, or paralegals to carry out the provisions of this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE34AA09DC5EE45B492D0EF583B41167E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated $7,500,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID15F4461BFF154BE383F49B2CF61F8CA9">
<enum>112.</enum>
<header>Additional resources needed by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation To investigate and prosecute violent criminal street
gangs</header>
<subsection id="ID52D3AF3CF8924F51B24EC575A8645E36">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Responsibilities of Attorney General</header>
<text>The Attorney General is authorized to require the Federal Bureau
of Investigation to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0DAB86FADFAF4CDCB1D47520105CAFA9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>increase funding for the Safe Streets Program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID801D80E750A043D78747F6B73B79A6F0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>support the criminal street gang enforcement teams, established
under section 110(b), in designated high intensity interstate gang activity
areas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7C0EB76EC74548258AD4DAE3B214ECBB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="ID499BB20C3D8E4815B6B84471AB1C19EF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In addition to amounts otherwise authorized, there are authorized
to be appropriated to the Attorney General $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 2005 through 2009 to carry out the Safe Streets Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6A8FF04EB710432384CE15A96BC39B79">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Availability</header>
<text>Any amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain
available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID1A4D1268CB834352BD6C5210E41DC390">
<enum>113.</enum>
<header>Grants to prosecutors and law enforcement To combat violent
crime and To protect witnesses and victims of crimes</header>
<subsection id="ID2F355EEB182D48099A5D7650D4953886">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 31702 of the <act-name parsable-cite="VCCLEA94">Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 13862) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID25CC2FD8891E424DB4EC2FA679AE58AF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the
end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID37A3B064DD7A47D095BD60C487DFBE43">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting
a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0202B262DB5E4911914BD3C3AE6474A8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDA884213CF10741A79DE6D966D6CB9450">
<paragraph id="ID17B35F07176647B6B6DEDA3B57F3AA52">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>to hire additional prosecutors to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDDE7B4589F8F8477D9873299B71054399">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>allow more cases to be prosecuted; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD9B292AB89514DD79B22640E21CFAF47">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>reduce backlogs;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID31B70B8006BB43A4AD2B0F133DDD39FB">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>to fund technology, equipment, and training for prosecutors and
law enforcement in order to increase accurate identification of gang members
and violent offenders, and to maintain databases with such information to
facilitate coordination among law enforcement and prosecutors; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEF016FBEA3B74566B52CC3D2DA8451FE">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>to create and expand witness and victim protection programs to
prevent threats, intimidation, and retaliation against victims of, and
witnesses to, violent crimes.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID45A6FB407C9243B7B7AF50980E7A11E1">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>Section 31707 of the <act-name parsable-cite="VCCLEA94">Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 13867) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994" id="ID8727ADEC638948EC9E0749EE715F84F9">
<section id="ID8D885F60C6B14F8D8B16B47CC0B202EA">
<enum>31707.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="IDD36F3176E1FE456D952977F9F772094B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID35A586044D7F4D5E887618EBDED9B707">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<text>Of the amounts made available under subsection (a), in each
fiscal year 60 percent shall be used to carry out section 31702(7) to create
and expand witness and victim protection programs to prevent threats,
intimidation, and retaliation against victims of, and witnesses to, violent
crimes.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDA6E91FEE79D049CBB0A49C4FD2A5BCF7">
<enum>114.</enum>
<header>Reauthorize the gang resistance education and training projects
program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 32401(b) of the
Violent Crime Control Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13921(b)) is amended by striking
paragraphs (1) through (6) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID0C602854830240A99456469E34F070ED">
<paragraph id="ID9A3768161EB943CF9E0D355E1F5B9872">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBB3D7B8F2A1E47C39B3212346C8130EB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8E899B0808974923A9CE0AD47CB2A172">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCD221514233D4573896C668392E8F8D1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8C76C42E7F3446D1BDF49F1B50E2CEFB">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle>
<enum>II</enum>
<header>Violent crime reforms needed to deter and prevent illegal gang
crime</header>
<section id="ID3C51701E71C04C6DA0DD4DE9B7E95A18">
<enum>201.</enum>
<header>Multiple interstate murder</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 51 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end of the new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID64CF1856BE934834B50AFAFE7F7880E3" style="USC">
<section id="IDD8B4BB05CA7B458C9F88382AE5779BB8">
<enum>1123.</enum>
<header>Multiple murders in furtherance of common scheme of
purpose</header>
<subsection id="IDF2ABA68C171749F19BB2D114FC8D52F3">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Whoever, having committed murder in violation of the laws of
any State or the United States, moves or travels in interstate or foreign
commerce with the intent to commit one or more murders in violation of the laws
of any State or the United States, and thereafter commits one or more murders
in violation of the laws of any State or the United States in furtherance of a
common scheme or purpose, or who conspires to do so—</text>
<paragraph id="ID2CCECA946ECB4D32AA44F2EB97C7216C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than
30 years, or both, for each murder; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFC180E0AC0EE44F3893561BF530CA970">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>if death results, may be fined not more than $250,000 under
this title, and shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years
or for life for each murder.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0C0FCEA2B07449D99FD56287F07B4AB4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Definition</header>
<text>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>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID411282FC15C74BDEB3D07DE73A205EB0">
<enum>202.</enum>
<header>Expansion of rebuttable presumption against release of persons
charged with firearms offenses</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3142 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDA04A3E4925FE4AEE9E1420A642BF6BE7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e), in the matter following paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3D18881B8BB6424181608F78294886C5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>an offense under section 922(g)(1) where the
underlying conviction is a serious drug offense as defined in section
924(e)(2)(A) of title 18, United States Code, for which a period of not more
than 10 years has elapsed since the date of the conviction or the release of
the person from imprisonment, whichever is later, or is a serious violent
felony as defined in section 3559(c)(2)(F) of title 18, United States
Code,</quote> after <quote>that the person committed</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1A2B0DBD058E4FA5B532E0ACCD5E027A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>or</quote> before <quote>the
Maritime</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID95F0EEA5A8414F00AE9628348F589BFF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6CFC9AF4191B41A1A63D8A9103D53CE8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEDD4700C431A4A159D5BD6D9FB05BC69">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDE380F260769B4CC387A1D75B42A00C76">
<subparagraph id="ID10829D3A2182471C88BAB3E57585D326">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>an offense under section 922(g); or</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE475B3117289490CB5929E4F821EA357">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g), by amending paragraph (1) to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID77C78DFB2F004783A2A033F0ED1E3D01">
<paragraph id="ID30008C81FD5B473D9358C4201A20B879">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the nature and circumstances of the offense charged, including
whether the offense is a crime of violence, or involves a drug, firearm,
explosive, or destructive devise;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID31B3FCDC60B0402CBD9ADA768C05BA30">
<enum>203.</enum>
<header>Venue in capital cases</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3235 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID9113C3B672ED44ECADA08A0EA07256AC" style="USC">
<section id="ID2B40F6A4A8564E80ACD42BCB4652C7D1">
<enum>3235.</enum>
<header>Venue in capital cases</header>
<subsection id="ID311EDF8A04B64A6E8D7D40923268DC81">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<text>The trial for any offense punishable by death shall be held in
the district where the offense was committed or in any district in which the
offense began, continued, or was completed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDD4F73882EB564BEBAE0478C711DFFC6D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<text>If the offense, or related conduct, under subsection (a)
involves activities which affect interstate or foreign commerce, or the
importation of an object or person into the United States, such offense may be
prosecuted in any district in which those activities occurred.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID0C6D8B1739E74DBB804EED7A3EC8446B">
<enum>204.</enum>
<header>Statute of limitations for violent crime</header>
<subsection id="IDA7D19C1833BA487C91FC045CF6C2A15B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Chapter 214 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID5F817E65C72A4D90A2AE27C260A13D56" style="USC">
<section id="ID61922807A2EF43C98B7100A8CA2F0072">
<enum>3297.</enum>
<header>Violent crime offenses</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise
expressly provided by law, no person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished
for any noncapital felony, crime of violence (as defined in section 16),
including any racketeering activity or gang crime which involves any violent
crime, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted by the
later of—</text>
<paragraph id="IDF01D1C691EBD4A838E6449970A3ACB42">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>10 years after the date on which the alleged violation
occurred;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID86D3382E03594BD497BB02D402E22DE8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>10 years after the date on which the continuing offense was
completed; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB5FE7316EB4D4190B71650184C15DAB0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>8 years after the date on which the alleged violation was first
discovered.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID54459FE302A949368A2C64D21F5F41D5">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 214 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID36BE147E64644264B9B011A00267C133" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">3296. Violent crime
offenses.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDDCC1AF33237245329F2CAFA604DC7030">
<enum>205.</enum>
<header>Predicate crimes for authorization of interception of wire,
oral, and electronic communications</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2516(1) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDB9B53A885FCE41699DF15A7FE951FB0B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (q), by striking <quote>or’.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDE7BB67E350A4A6D8BE0EF2CB5471425">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (r) as paragraph (u); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEBA3DE83A75047A2BA21055E042E7CAB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (q) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID6AAEE5AE15324F81AF5F7AEBC85D9F39">
<subsection id="ID845EDEF5EB43470E93FF20DF275CD18F" indent="down1">
<enum>(r)</enum>
<text>any violation of section 424 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name> (relating to
murder and other violent crimes in furtherance of a drug trafficking
crime);</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID74C2E4968D8B4DF7AA38D46709852565" indent="down1">
<enum>(s)</enum>
<text>any violation of 1123 of title 18, United States Code (relating
to multiple interstate murder);</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDFE590072887D4ECE976914EAA3866540" indent="down1">
<enum>(t)</enum>
<text>any violation of section 521, 522, or 523 (relating to criminal
street gangs); or</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID44F49A6365B2498187D92BB36D584860">
<enum>206.</enum>
<header>Clarification to hearsay exception for forfeiture by
wrongdoing</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Rule 804(b)(6) of the Federal
Rules of Evidence is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID8AE8F75D63484D758400D3AA6853AC27">
<paragraph id="ID2B40E097F7324D028411E39E2F4067E9">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text><header-in-text>Forfeiture by wrongdoing.</header-in-text> A
statement offered against a party that has engaged, acquiesced, or conspired,
in wrongdoing that was intended to, and did, procure the unavailability of the
declarant as a witness.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID0C263E3AB806437F89ECFF2D97AD9950">
<enum>207.</enum>
<header>Clarification of venue for retaliation against a
witness</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1513 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="ID55129152C6D34D17A30029EEF2761375">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>redesignating subsection (e) beginning with <quote>Whoever
conspires</quote> as subsection (f); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFEB9511D4E1145EE98CD43358340C7C9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDE2FC0A7F74DE4651BFDC8614B5306821">
<subsection id="IDFAC6FFFCA81142A5830F23AD60FEF906">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<text>A prosecution under this section may be brought in the district
in which the official proceeding (whether or not pending, about to be
instituted or was completed) was intended to be affected or was completed, or
in which the conduct constituting the alleged offense occurred.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID2827E4E2763543449D752636780D2417">
<enum>208.</enum>
<header>Amendment of sentencing guidelines relating to certain gang and
violent crimes</header>
<subsection id="IDDCD8BDAA4B764D7FA85D82148D06FD1A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Directive to the United States Sentencing Commission</header>
<text>Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title 28,
United States Code, and in accordance with this section, the United States
Sentencing Commission shall review and, if appropriate, amend its guidelines
and its policy statements to conform to the provisions of title I and this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID71B28FDA2D9A49F39B7466DB8F79EE96">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>In carrying out this section, the Sentencing Commission
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDFE6BD93EEBF549DBB845166C55981C5D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>establish new guidelines and policy statements, as warranted, in
order to implement new or revised criminal offenses created under this
title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID19619DF7BBC346CABC915DF9AED085A1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>ensure that the sentencing guidelines and policy statements
reflect the serious nature of the offenses and the penalties set forth in this
title, the growing incidence of serious gang and violent crimes, and the need
to modify the sentencing guidelines and policy statements to deter, prevent,
and punish such offenses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2A6AB00D4E5344BE99B977DDF26E746F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>consider the extent to which the guidelines and policy statements
adequately address—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDCB9E2573465149F2A0C6E5904BF34646">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>whether the guideline offense levels and enhancements for gang
and violent crimes—</text>
<clause id="ID9BC1665FEB43424A9FF363BCFB07047C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>are sufficient to deter and punish such offenses; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6DC7838A6F874E4AB044768A586302CB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>are adequate in view of the statutory increases in penalties
contained in the Act; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE3D622E6F6B24CEB9EDE7AB1A6FEE20B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>whether any existing or new specific offense characteristics
should be added to reflect congressional intent to increase gang and violent
crime penalties, punish offenders, and deter gang and violent crime;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID61181130A30440FE978DC1189577F4AC">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>assure reasonable consistency with other relevant directives and
with other sentencing guidelines;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB3A78ED1D5DD473C84EE250FF6C20335">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>account for any additional aggravating or mitigating
circumstances that might justify exceptions to the generally applicable
sentencing ranges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9B3EE314615746E1ACE8DB722D20F97A">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>make any necessary conforming changes to the sentencing
guidelines; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6B32D2DC456148D7AC840E18AEE3F32B">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>assure that the guidelines adequately meet the purposes of
sentencing under section 3553(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDC303EC2A95784274B1045916DA3C15C3">
<enum>209.</enum>
<header>Increased penalties for criminal use of firearms in crimes of
violence and drug trafficking</header>
<subsection id="IDBE22CFC528EC490DBB314DA5D0F0E173">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 924(c)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0896F63214114EA1A9E1718BAE45EF1C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>shall</quote> and inserting <quote>or
conspires to commit any of the above acts, shall, for each instance in which
the firearm is used, carried, or possessed</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0A74F9E1781B4BC1B095BAD938A2880F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>5 years</quote> and inserting
<quote>7 years</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1454020215174230920887A82C5C3C48">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (ii).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF97685E737E94D3E9AE905747D15C685">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text>Section 924 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC16AAC2A09E248A9827C896E2230233A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (4); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID48B0EE5118294CF8A00FA497C87F19B6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (o).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID1EE65DD686314AA4B44BEBAB24E6514E">
<enum>210.</enum>
<header>Possession of firearms by dangerous felons</header>
<subsection id="ID639535D5F63B4FDE939CCC2C856D8B8F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 924(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID7F8CFE5A0557430EB8F8796C4AB6C4DD">
<subsection id="ID8F9CA80F407648D897259E21BFAB8E30">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID92776704E4D1493FA11D6FFACD24FF8E"><enum>(1)</enum>
<text>In the case of a person who violates section 922(g) of this
title and has previously been convicted by any court referred to in section
922(g)(1) for a violent felony or a serious drug offense shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4BC63641233443328C379F65C1C7062C" indent="up1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the case of 1 such prior conviction, where a period of not
more than 10 years has elapsed since the date of conviction or release of the
person from imprisonment for that conviction, be subject to imprisonment for
not more than 15 years, a fine under this title, or both;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID02CF31D92C4F4668B70A3E7642AF31DA" indent="up1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in the case of 2 such prior convictions, committed on occasions
different from one another, and where a period of not more than 10 years has
elapsed since the date of conviction or release of the person from imprisonment
for that conviction, be subject to imprisonment for not more than 20 years, a
fine under this title, or both; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID51A249FB4BEF4F8A93171D0A53BDB1CA" indent="up1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in the case of 3 such prior convictions, committed on occasions
different from one another, be subject to imprisonment for not less than 15
years, a fine under this title, or both, and notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the court shall not suspend the sentence of, or grant a
probationary sentence to, such person with respect to the conviction under
section 922(g).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0416990D03674662AE561C24A73C7ED9" indent="up1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>As used in this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDD7EBF0C6D47D4CCD97AA7F079DD797EA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the term <term>serious drug offense</term> means—</text>
<clause id="ID4571EA65BF7043C88785D8084D6BC887">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>an offense under the <act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled
Substances Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/801">21 U.S.C. 801</external-xref> et seq.), the
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/951">21 U.S.C. 951</external-xref> et seq.), or the
Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/App">46 U.S.C. App</external-xref>. 1901
et seq.), punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of not less than 10
years; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9C14E34D52FC4429AD18E4EEB08C99F9">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>an offense under State law, involving manufacturing,
distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture or distribute, a
controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/802">21 U.S.C.
802</external-xref>)), punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of not less
than 10 years;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID112F000590FF43CF8773FA1B165B24A8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the term <term>violent felony</term> means any crime punishable
by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 year, or any act of juvenile delinquency
involving the use or carrying of a firearm, knife, or destructive device that
would be punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment for such term if
committed by an adult, that—</text>
<clause id="IDD1956722E377434494F4FAF6711F9268">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>has, as an element of the crime or act, the use, attempted use,
or threatened use of physical force against the person of another; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID05D77EEAFA834DE0AA7E1AD76D11517E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is burglary, arson, or extortion, involves the use of
explosives, or otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential
risk of physical injury to another; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID59F55412495447019E5FA67201007DD2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the term <term>conviction</term> includes a finding that a
person has committed an act of juvenile delinquency involving a violent
felony.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID13424B9362604EF38A2D5E8454F97860">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Amendment to sentencing guidelines</header>
<text>Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title 28,
United States Code, the United States Sentencing Commission shall amend the
Federal Sentencing Guidelines to provide for an appropriate increase in the
offense level for violations of section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code,
in accordance with section 924(e) of such title 18, as amended by subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDB65CAEB45D3142F1B9FC18BF223B349E">
<enum>211.</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The matter before paragraph
(1) in section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting
<quote>, transfer,</quote> after <quote>sell</quote>.</text>
</section>
<enum>III</enum>
<header>Juvenile crime reform for violent offenders</header>
<section id="ID879EF8F1393243E5A0B57512163F2ACD">
<enum>301.</enum>
<header>Treatment of Federal juvenile offenders</header>
<subsection id="ID354BA8A7DE5245208D67F4DF4A6A6496">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 5032 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDF58DA44BEDA54240B5D96A5CD460C77E" style="USC">
<section id="ID7157366E73AD4FBABC996C2F0A1E6F0C">
<enum>5032.</enum>
<header>Delinquency proceedings in district courts; juveniles tried
as adults; transfer for criminal prosecution</header>
<subsection id="ID85EA0F3E59AA4FA6B143308BAA403EB4">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Delinquency proceedings in district courts</header>
<paragraph id="ID0854FD2A5AF840CCACD1AEB97D29AB2E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A juvenile alleged to have committed an act of juvenile
delinquency, other than a violation of law committed within the special
maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States for which the
maximum authorized term of imprisonment does not exceed 6 months, shall not be
proceeded against in any court of the United States unless the Attorney
General, after investigation, certifies to the appropriate district court of
the United States that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDDAF7CF0601DF4C45B9BA3D29E743B2D9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the juvenile court or other appropriate court of a State does
not have jurisdiction or refuses to assume jurisdiction over that juvenile with
respect to such alleged act of juvenile delinquency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB220F1656C164B4C8467CB164D856C02">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the State does not have available programs and services
adequate for the needs of juveniles; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID07DE1A283A6D4722902763861207F6B3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the offense charged is a crime of violence that is a felony or
an offense described in section 401 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/841">21 U.S.C. 841</external-xref>),
section 1002(a), 1003, 1005, 1009, or 1010(b) (1), (2), or (3) of the
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/952(a)">21 U.S.C. 952(a)</external-xref>, 953, 955, 959,
960(b) (1), (2), (3)), section 922(x), or section 924 (b), (g), or (h) of this
title, and there is a substantial Federal interest in the case or the offense
to warrant the exercise of Federal jurisdiction.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE1D2FF2B74634479BE3191447F793577">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Failure to certify</header>
<text>If the Attorney General does not certify under paragraph (1),
the juvenile shall be surrendered to the appropriate legal authorities of such
State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0AAD279C9C2146D89A0FEF00387284C9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Federal proceedings</header>
<text>If an alleged juvenile delinquent is not surrendered to the
authorities of a State pursuant to this section, any proceedings against him
shall be in an appropriate district court of the United States. For such
purposes, the court may be convened at any time and place within the district,
in chambers or otherwise. The Attorney General shall proceed by information or
as authorized under section 3401(g) of this title, and no criminal prosecution
shall be instituted for the alleged act of juvenile delinquency except as
provided below.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7C5CE797C9FF4BA895DCA09F18920D94">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Transfer for Federal criminal prosecution</header>
<paragraph id="IDEF91FAEDE6FE47C5BC8F844019A2961C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A juvenile who is alleged to have committed an act of juvenile
delinquency and who is not surrendered to State authorities shall be proceeded
against under this chapter unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6638B4A5EF7441D0B032FD4F49CA46E6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the juvenile has requested in writing upon advice of counsel to
be proceeded against as an adult;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF968A9BDA30647FBB7000B7AC2B5356A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>with respect to a juvenile 15 years and older alleged to have
committed an act after his fifteenth birthday which if committed by an adult
would be a felony that is a crime of violence or an offense described in
section 401 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances
Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/841">21
U.S.C. 841</external-xref>), or section 1002(a), 1005, or 1009 of the
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/952(a)">21 U.S.C. 952(a)</external-xref>, 955, 959), or
section 922(x) of this title, or in section 924 (b), (g), or (h) of this title,
the Attorney General makes a motion to transfer the criminal prosecution on the
basis of the alleged act in the appropriate district court of the United States
and the court finds, after hearing, such transfer would be in the interest of
justice as provided in paragraph (2); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA915923BB22D44B68DED644250013569">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>with respect to a juvenile 13 years and older alleged to have
committed an act after his thirteenth birthday which if committed by an adult
would be a felony that is the crime of violence under section 113 (a), (b),
(c), 1111, 1113, or, if the juvenile possessed a firearm during the offense, an
offense under section 2111, 2113, 2241(a), or 2241(c), the Attorney General
makes a motion to transfer the criminal prosecution on the basis of the alleged
act in the appropriate district court of the United States and the court finds,
after hearing, such transfer would be in the interest of justice as provided in
paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">Notwithstanding sections 1152 and
1153, no person subject to the criminal jurisdiction of an Indian tribal
government shall be subject to subparagraph (C) for any offense the Federal
jurisdiction for which is predicated solely on Indian country (as defined in
section 1151), and which has occurred within the boundaries of such Indian
country, unless the governing body of the tribe has elected that the preceding
sentence have effect over land and persons subject to its criminal
jurisdiction.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7BD58114C7834BD2A41EC54606BB2E27">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Factors</header>
<subparagraph id="IDBA005B36474E45048817062AB0D2730F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Evidence of the following factors shall be considered, and
findings with regard to each factor shall be made in the record, in assessing
whether a transfer under subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1), and
paragraph (4) of subsection (d), would be in the interest of justice:</text>
<clause id="IDC8CAC20F0E2E4FC0AE9F62D482B53B6C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>The age and social background of the juvenile.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID718FD3705D474D70B3753A559A8C8AAE">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>The nature of the alleged offense, including the extent to
which the juvenile played a leadership role in an organization, or otherwise
influenced other persons to take part in criminal activities.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8AD4D0AE772B4906A98AAED7EB1EB921">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>Whether prosecution of the juvenile as an adult would protect
public safety.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE5457965E3424462857638C3F71E201D">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>The extent and nature of the juvenile’s prior delinquency
record.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA41AD55254D64653B9F9843D73C5BFEF">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>The juvenile’s present intellectual development and
psychological maturity.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID59C8925B90C345CC940B392C55F39F4E">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>The nature of past treatment efforts and the juvenile’s
response to such efforts.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF8BB608F2ADB464782AA7452F61F1A41">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>The availability of programs designed to treat the juvenile’s
behavioral problems.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFD2FC9C0455D48CBA8D64B392E61EC29">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Nature of the offense</header>
<text>In considering the nature of the offense, as required by this
paragraph, the court shall consider the extent to which the juvenile played a
leadership role in an organization, or otherwise influenced other persons to
take part in criminal activities, involving the use or distribution of
controlled substances or firearms. Such a factor, if found to exist, shall
weigh in favor of a transfer to adult status, but the absence of this factor
shall not preclude such a transfer.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBC5BBE362BF248049DE0ED35C05BBCAD">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Notice</header>
<text>Reasonable notice of the transfer hearing under subparagraph
(B) or (C) of paragraph (1) shall be given to the juvenile, the juvenile’s
parents, guardian, or custodian and to the juvenile’s counsel. The juvenile
shall be assisted by counsel during the transfer hearing, and at every other
critical stage of the proceedings.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDD3FD5D2BFD5B4BA2AEEE5F7ED0267629">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Mandatory transfer of juvenile 16 or older</header>
<text>A juvenile who is alleged to have committed an act on or after
his sixteenth birthday, which if committed by an adult would be a felony
offense, that has an element thereof the use, attempted use, or threatened use
of physical force against the person of another, or that, by its very nature,
involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person of another,
may be used in committing the offense or would be an offense described in
section 32, 81, or 2275 or subsection (d), (e), (f), (h), or (i) of section 844
of this title, subsection (d) or (e) or subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), or
(E) of subsection (b)(1) of section 401 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CSA">Controlled Substances Act</act-name>, or section 1002(a),
1003, or 1009, or paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of section 1010(b) of the
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/952(a)">21 U.S.C. 952(a)</external-xref>, 953, 959,
960(b) (1), (2), and (3)), and who has previously been found guilty of an act
which if committed by an adult would have been one of the offenses set forth in
this subsection or subsection (b), or an offense in violation of a State felony
statute that would have been such an offense if a circumstance giving rise to
Federal jurisdiction had existed, shall be transferred, upon notification by
the United States, to the appropriate district court of the United States for
criminal prosecution.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF9582254467846739340CC9C31619B13">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Sixteen and seventeen year olds charged with the most serious
violent felonies</header>
<paragraph id="ID65683194ED8143CFA235A8F90EED90DF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a juvenile may be
prosecuted as an adult if the juvenile is alleged to have committed, conspired,
solicited or attempted to commit, on or after the day the juvenile attains the
age of 16 any offense involving—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE507572462244EFB9276467D311C071E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>murder;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4CC3B9C2C0E74C02A9149CFB23B1038F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>manslaughter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4721D4627AC34D7B95079C94F85AC27D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>assault with intent to commit murder;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID722342DC53674F46A6D4F36C5C519751">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>sexual assault (which means any offense that involves conduct
that would violate chapter 109A if the conduct occurred in the special maritime
and territorial jurisdiction);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD0DB9117C0B84B9794B8273387679360">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>robbery (as described in section 2111, 2113, or 2118);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1FF42D7AA1E9442F95E551D3CE4E97BB">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>carjacking with a dangerous weapon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD906B8510BCC4183ADFF937BB34E31AB">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>extortion;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC13BEC74A61041A89F754E67754F8958">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>arson;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID64FD5E7533B141BE91A7026E2EFBBCC3">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>firearms use;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC66C767450754F0AB810DF6E1EE123CF">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>firearms possession (as described in section 924(c);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4A2269C338E74A909FBB17BAA2EF969F">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text>drive-by shooting;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFE97208B390A4E7F9EB874ABF96A596E">
<enum>(L)</enum>
<text>kidnapping;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID81A534C41504490FA9DE5D276A9BBF00">
<enum>(M)</enum>
<text>maiming;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1718E6DEC8924E47A157536939A1B029">
<enum>(N)</enum>
<text>assault resulting in serious bodily injury; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC6EB60778DF845879991D00F834C2FAF">
<enum>(O)</enum>
<text>obstruction of justice (as described in 1512(a)(1)) on or after
the day the juvenile attains the age of 16.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID31144E7FBA504A72BF7129AC8EB7216A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Other offenses</header>
<text>In a prosecution under this subsection the juvenile may be
prosecuted and convicted as an adult for any other offense which is properly
joined under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and may also be convicted
as an adult of a lesser included offense.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID22D4CAC4692F49DD94E155C989706C25">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Reviewability</header>
<text>Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a
determination to approve or not to approve, or to institute or not to
institute, a prosecution under this subsection shall not be reviewable in any
court.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB0CFC3545F2C465B833699F4608307C2">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Prosecution</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID5C2D44B1ED5443B4AC57B5021A095629"><enum>(A)</enum>
<text>In any prosecution of a juvenile under this subsection, upon
motion of the defendant, the court in which the criminal charges have been
filed shall after a hearing determine whether to issue an order that the
defendant should be transferred to juvenile status.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA88A14CF50CB4E3C98DC0DF93F80F2AC" indent="up1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>A motion by a defendant under this paragraph shall not be
considered unless filed no later than 30 days after the date on which the
defendant initially appears through counsel or expressly waives the right to
counsel and elects to proceed pro se.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2D6E9A238EA6490882040359E9B2D856" indent="up1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>The court shall not order the transfer of a defendant to
juvenile status under this paragraph unless the defendant establishes by clear
and convincing evidence that removal to juvenile status would be in the
interest of justice. In making a determination under this paragraph, the court
shall consider the factors specified in subsection (b)(2) of this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDEFB7EDE100BD40F5ACCA1E42253D6EE6">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Order</header>
<text>An order of the court made in ruling on a motion by a defendant
to transfer a defendant to juvenile status under this subsection shall not be a
final order for the purpose of enabling an appeal, except that an appeal by the
United States shall lie to a court of appeals pursuant to section 3731 of this
title from an order of a district court removing a defendant to juvenile
status. Upon receipt of a notice of appeal of an order under this paragraph, a
court of appeals shall hear and determine the appeal on an expedited basis. The
court of appeals shall give due regard to the opportunity of the district court
to judge the credibility of the witnesses, and shall accept the findings of
fact of the district court unless they are clearly erroneous, and the court of
appeals shall review de novo the district court’s application of the law to the
facts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF92791ECBAA7440294B55F6224B832A6">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Sixteen and seventeen year olds charged with other serious
violent felonies</header>
<paragraph id="IDDE46508547A1403B8C13EA0B2B1391A6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided by subsection (d), a juvenile may be
prosecuted as an adult if the juvenile is alleged to have committed an act on
or after the day the juvenile attains the age of 16 which is committed by an
adult would be a serious violent felony as described in paragraphs (2) and (3)
of section 3559(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7D5DDBAE074F4C68BC9FD01084D0CCEF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Other offenses</header>
<text>In a prosecution under this subsection the juvenile may be
prosecuted and convicted as an adult for any other offense which is properly
joined under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and may also be convicted
as an adult of a lesser included offense.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA7EDB97174AF41E4A132062AC112E1EB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Reviewability</header>
<text>Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a
determination to approve or not to approve, or to institute or not to
institute, a prosecution under this subsection shall not be reviewable in any
court.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID09F6F1185C79424CA8A1E55EEA9DAFC0">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Prosecution</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID6786DE8508CF4FA9AE359AF17184A2DD"><enum>(A)</enum>
<text>In any prosecution of a juvenile under this subsection, upon
motion of the defendant, the court in which the criminal charges have been
filed shall after a hearing determine whether to issue an order that the
defendant should be transferred to juvenile status.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7797C2C00EBF46B7A94092EE96A0280A" indent="up1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>A motion by a defendant under this paragraph shall not be
considered unless filed no later than 30 days after the date on which the
defendant initially appears through counsel or expressly waives the right to
counsel and elects to proceed pro se.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID569FEEA3BC4A49B6B2A378E73FF94B88" indent="up1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>The court shall not order the transfer of a defendant to
juvenile status under this paragraph unless the defendant establishes by clear
and convincing evidence that removal to juvenile status would be in the
interest of justice. In making a determination under this paragraph, the court
shall consider the factors specified in subsection (b)(2) of this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID483E227261624EFAB76FD8A3809D20B3">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Order</header>
<text>An order of the court made in ruling on a motion by a defendant
to transfer a defendant to juvenile status under this subsection shall be a
final order for the purpose of enabling an appeal. Upon receipt of a notice of
appeal of an order under this paragraph, a court of appeals shall hear and
determine the appeal on an expedited basis. The court of appeals shall give due
regard to the opportunity of the district court to judge the credibility of the
witnesses, and shall accept the findings of fact of the district court unless
they are clearly erroneous, and the court of appeals shall review de novo the
district court’s application of the law to the facts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDDD575A1BBF4C4A47ACD45DAB3ABAB8B7">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Proceedings</header>
<paragraph id="ID6E8696F707FE42A6AB339B3B5A1896F9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Subsequent proceeding barred</header>
<text>Once a juvenile has entered a plea of guilty or the proceeding
has reached the stage that evidence has begun to be taken with respect to a
crime or an alleged act of juvenile delinquency subsequent criminal prosecution
or juvenile proceedings based upon such alleged act of delinquency shall be
barred.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1519D20A372C406E99D6F87F995D79A8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Statements</header>
<text>Statements made by a juvenile prior to or during a transfer
hearing under this section shall not be admissible at subsequent criminal
prosecutions except for impeachment purposes or in a prosecution for perjury or
making a false statement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB714D9842E9A4506A82DDDC0D9661707">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Further proceedings</header>
<text>Whenever a juvenile transferred to district court under
subsection (b) or (c) is not convicted of the crime upon which the transfer was
based or another crime which would have warranted transfer had the juvenile
been initially charged with that crime, further proceedings concerning the
juvenile shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9E1EEBB9CECD4934BD02B5DA573FE051">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Receipt of records</header>
<text>A juvenile shall not be transferred to adult prosecution under
subsection (b) nor shall a hearing be held under section 5037 (disposition
after a finding of juvenile delinquency) until any prior juvenile court records
of such juvenile have been received by the court, or the clerk of the juvenile
court has certified in writing that the juvenile has no prior record, or that
the juvenile’s record is unavailable and why it is unavailable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF9822338A4F94583AFBD5CA88F28AA66">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Specific acts described</header>
<text>Whenever a juvenile is adjudged delinquent pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter, the specific acts which the juvenile has been found
to have committed shall be described as part of the official record of the
proceedings and part of the juvenile’s official record.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDCE76FAC561B14F329D07B3EF5A0E1F50">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>State</header>
<text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>State</term>
includes a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7269BA397B494CA2955C7E0BBC476673">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 403 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking the item relating to section 5032 and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID8E59C85A22AC4E86B3DE50605593A263" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">5032. Delinquency proceedings in district
courts; juveniles tried as adults; transfer for criminal
prosecution.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID3CB9C13792D743E1A92D74D3F9AC3C07">
<enum>302.</enum>
<header>Notification after arrest</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5033 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended in the first sentence, by striking
<quote>immediately notify the Attorney General and</quote> and inserting
<quote>immediately, or as soon as practicable thereafter, notify the Attorney
General and shall promptly take reasonable steps to notify</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID2EBE926FBC514EBBB5A614AD49FEA025">
<enum>303.</enum>
<header>Release and detention prior to disposition</header>
<subsection id="ID1F43460479F441699145472C781B85CB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Duties of magistrate judge</header>
<text>Section 5034 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1C7951DECE8141F8A598053526F16090">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the first undesignated paragraph, by striking <quote>The
magistrate judge shall insure</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDF4F22DF0142147C09BF4402298852716">
<subsection id="ID2F65A759AA194DD186F8677B9971D38B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="ID5E91CA3F8288483BA10E99D8BDBB2629">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Representation by counsel</header>
<text>The magistrate judge shall ensure</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID796FA0F3FBB84C27BEBDAF3A3C53FDB3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in the second undesignated paragraph, by striking <quote>The
magistrate judge may appoint</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDF329721FF1614C95BA84426FFD42E8E1">
<paragraph id="ID471F4208C9E749ABABB1090C9344994F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Guardian ad litem</header>
<text>The magistrate judge may appoint</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD5CFDC023047497F8DBE715C59E64B45">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in the third undesignated paragraph, by striking <quote>If the
juvenile</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID4FE3CE7EB2544D4EA4DF8A7B8096EF9A">
<subsection id="IDC16E8F0C6C3D43D18D31ABDCA2339865">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Release prior to disposition</header>
<text>Except as provided in subsection (c), if the juvenile</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3E16E2DC54EE42A88112040326742137">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDD66151DC9B214670A98A875C4417839F">
<subsection id="ID19474B4729C24C36AF100666FBD41623">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Release of certain juveniles</header>
<paragraph id="ID680AF9569F594A99BE563763688B45BE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A juvenile, who is to be tried as an adult under section 5032,
shall be released pending trial in accordance with the applicable provisions of
chapter 207.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6B9ADA1F186D4F08B2FEFEAC7344A666">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Conditions</header>
<text>A release under paragraph (1) shall be conducted in the same
manner, and shall be subject to the same terms, conditions, and sanctions for
violation of a release condition, as provided for an adult under chapter
207.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2918BCDB73324E1AB152EA3CD81EF559">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Penalty for an offense committed while on release</header>
<paragraph id="ID99044EB6CDB04C329BD862BC66B90B35">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A juvenile alleged to have committed, while on release under
this section, an offense that, if committed by an adult, would be a Federal
criminal offense, shall be subject to prosecution under section 5032.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDB683C1A64AA42239800801F5D70E3F5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Applicability of certain penalties</header>
<text>Section 3147 shall apply to a juvenile who is to be tried as an
adult under section 5032 for an offense committed while on release under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID368FE954DA4D49AEA5917AE11D918ADC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Detention prior to disposition</header>
<text>Section 5035 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDA22B3EAFEC1A4487AA51C7D3D1114761">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>A juvenile</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID706581484C23465BB8E46495C587C07C">
<subsection id="ID5F3E0AA1F7194CFC974F7678D8323A08">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in subsection (b), a juvenile</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA393DC11BB484661BAA708EAE872F21F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID4B47BE7854CA4F7A939AA53EC22E5D62">
<subsection id="IDFC1FFC4C96874731A4428067045E0BD9">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Detention of certain juveniles</header>
<text>A juvenile who is to be tried as an adult under section 5032
shall be subject to detention in accordance with chapter 207.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID5379BE9B14A3415C914504DF57F15AF8">
<enum>304.</enum>
<header>Speedy trial</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5036 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID66D820C41ABE4A88B11329ACDCDA4DB6" style="USC">
<section id="ID5A44393061684157B895A51D7DE52435">
<enum>5036.</enum>
<header>Speedy trial</header>
<subsection id="ID82D349AEA60E4EC9A24CD7617C20C821">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If an alleged delinquent, who is to be proceeded against as a
juvenile pursuant to section 5032 and who is in detention pending trial, is not
brought to trial within 70 days from the date upon which such detention began,
the information shall be dismissed on motion of the alleged delinquent or at
the direction of the court.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDC41113C19BFA407980245AC98547A075">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Periods of exclusion</header>
<text>The periods of exclusion under section 3161(h) shall apply to
this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID84C80530AB7C4134B2859B7862055824">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Judicial considerations</header>
<text>In determining whether an information should be dismissed with
or without prejudice, the court shall consider—</text>
<paragraph id="IDA31EE887618F4BD7AEEAA6DA5CF34717">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the seriousness of the alleged act of juvenile
delinquency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6BB5B929B1B141F784A4463083183FBF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the facts and circumstances of the case that led to the
dismissal; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0D0EAE179D5D424990170421FA6B99FB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the impact of a reprosecution on the administration of
justice.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDEE764D296C614EBDB608DA9AB7476585">
<enum>305.</enum>
<header>Federal Sentencing Guidelines</header>
<subsection id="ID73831435A1D341BF956B1D3F2960A0BC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Application of guidelines to certain juvenile
defendants</header>
<text>Section 994(h) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by
inserting <quote>, or in which the defendant is a juvenile who is tried as an
adult,</quote> after <quote>old or older</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDCFFF5438035D445C83B95F465065B58F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Guidelines for juvenile cases</header>
<text>Section 994 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID502E910C32F04CAAB5D2D50EBD3109BE">
<subsection id="ID2AF49E7EF3EB4A0694763034C4BA544F">
<enum>(z)</enum>
<header>Guidelines for juvenile cases</header>
<text>Not later than May 1, 2006, the Commission, pursuant to its
rules and regulations and consistent with all pertinent provisions of any
Federal statute, shall promulgate and distribute, to all courts of the United
States and to the United States Probation System, guidelines, as described in
this section, for use by a sentencing court in determining the sentence to be
imposed in a criminal case if the defendant committed the offense as a
juvenile, and is tried as an adult pursuant to section 5032 of title 18.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section>