I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 928 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2011 Mr. McNerney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To expand the Safe Streets Program, to establish a National Gang Activity Database, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Safe Streets Gang Crime Prevention Act of 2011.

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Additional resources needed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate and prosecute violent criminal street gangs

(a)

Expansion of Safe Streets Program

The Attorney General is authorized to expand the Safe Streets Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of supporting criminal street gang enforcement teams. (b)

National gang activity database

(1)

In general

The Attorney General shall establish a National Gang Activity Database to be housed at and administered by the Department of Justice. (2)

Description

The database required by paragraph (1) shall— (A)be designed to disseminate gang information to law enforcement agencies throughout the country and, subject to appropriate controls, to disseminate aggregate statistical information to other members of the criminal justice system, community leaders, academics, and the public; (B)contain critical information on gangs, gang members, firearms, criminal activities, vehicles, and other information useful for investigators in solving and reducing gang-related crimes; (C)operate in a manner that enables law enforcement agencies to— (i)identify gang members involved in crimes; (ii)track the movement of gangs and members throughout the region; (iii)coordinate law enforcement response to gang violence; (iv)enhance officer safety; (v)provide realistic, up-to-date figures and statistical data on gang crime and violence; (vi)forecast trends and respond accordingly; and (vii)more easily solve crimes and prevent violence; and (D)be subject to guidelines, issued by the Attorney General, specifying the criteria for adding information to the database, the appropriate period for retention of such information, and a process for removing individuals from the database, and prohibiting disseminating gang information to any entity that is not a law enforcement agency, except aggregate statistical information where appropriate. (3)

Use of RISS secure intranet

From amounts made available to carry out this section, the Attorney General shall provide the Regional Information Sharing Systems such sums as are necessary to use the secure intranet known as RISSNET to electronically connect existing gang information systems (including the RISSGang National Gang Database) with the National Gang Activity Database, thereby facilitating the automated information exchange of existing gang data by all connected systems without the need for additional databases or data replication. (c)

Authorization of Appropriations

(1)

In general

In addition to amounts otherwise authorized, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016. (2)

Availability

Amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.