[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2614 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2614

 To direct the Attorney General to establish metrics and standards to 
   determine the effectiveness in the programs of the Department of 
          Justice in combating gangs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2017

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Attorney General to establish metrics and standards to 
   determine the effectiveness in the programs of the Department of 
          Justice in combating gangs, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Gangs and Recidivism Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    The Director shall provide technical assistance to States in 
implementing best practices for States receiving grants under a program 
of the Department of Justice, a purpose of which is to combat gangs.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF METRICS TO MEASURE DOJ EFFECTIVENESS IN 
              COMBATING GANGS.

    (a) Establishment.--The Attorney General shall establish metrics 
and standards to measure the effectiveness of the programs of the 
Department of Justice in combating gangs.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Attorney General shall 
submit to Congress a report describing the effectiveness of the 
programs referred to in subsection (a) using the metrics developed 
pursuant to that subsection.

SEC. 4. BJS REPORT ON RECIDIVISM.

    Part C of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3731 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 305. REPORT ON RECIDIVISM.

    ``Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Director shall submit to 
Congress a report on recidivism.''.
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