[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 125 (Friday, September 29, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10716-S10732]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. MENENDEZ:
  S. 4028. A bill to fight criminal gangs; to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, today, all across America, organized 
criminal gangs plague our communities, destroying the lives of 
thousands of young children each and every year. Unfortunately, this 
plague is currently not being treated effectively, and as a result has 
grown in size and power in almost every State in the Nation. Indeed, 
gang violence is no longer a State and local issue that predominantly 
occurs in highly urbanized areas, but has escalated into a national 
issue that affects our country as a whole.
  In light of this, it is clear that we must recalibrate our efforts--
and in addition to our local initiatives--to comprehensively confront 
gang violence at the national level. That is why I rise today to 
introduce the Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2006. 
Addressing the efforts of Federal, State, and local agencies, this 
legislation would comprehensively deal with all aspects of gang 
violence, from rigorously enforcing and appropriately sentencing 
criminal acts, to preventing future gang members from being recruited 
and such crimes from occurring.
  To reduce the number of young potential recruits gangs prey upon, 
this bill would authorize funds for after-school and community-based 
programs designed to economically empower young people. Disadvantaged 
students will be given the opportunity to realize their potential, 
through tutoring, mentoring, and job training programs as well as 
college preparation classes and tuition assistance. Additionally, 
millions of dollars would be authorized to enhance and expand anti-gang 
and anti-violence programs in elementary and secondary schools, 
ensuring that students can focus solely on learning, without having to 
be concerned for their personal safety. By providing ``at-risk'' youth 
with such resources and opportunities necessary to succeed in life, 
they will be far less susceptible to join a criminal gang.
  The legislation would also expand adult and juvenile offender reentry 
demonstration projects to help with post-release and transitional 
housing, while promoting programs that hire former prisoners, and 
establish reentry planning procedures within communities. Prisoners 
with drug addictions would be forced to participate in treatment 
programs to be eligible for early release, which would be continued in 
their transition period back into society. All offenders would be 
encouraged to participate in educational initiatives such as, job 
training, GED preparation, along with a myriad of other programs. These 
initiatives are designed to provide offenders with the skills necessary 
to become legally employed when they are released from prison, which 
will reduce, hopefully significantly, their recidivism rates.
  In addition to programs focused on gang violence prevention, my 
proposal would provide law enforcement officials on every level of 
government with the resources and information they need to accurately 
track and effectively neutralize criminal gangs. Specifically, this 
legislation would establish a program similar to the current Community 
Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, to augment the number of 
police officers patrolling the streets of our local communities, and 
would authorize $700 million annually for it. Additional funds would be 
used not only to increase the number of officers combating gangs, but 
also to provide additional forensic examiners to investigate, and more 
attorneys to prosecute, gang crimes.
  As is true with almost all problems, a better understanding of how 
gangs operate translates into a better understanding of how best to 
counter them. That is why this legislation would authorize increased 
funding for the National Youth Gang Survey to increase the number of 
law enforcement agencies whose data is collected and included in the 
annual survey and provide up to $8 million per year to upgrade 
technology to better identify gang members and include them in the 
National Gang Database. Additionally, this legislation would expand the 
Uniform Crime Reports (UCRs) to include local gang and other crime 
statistics from the municipal level, while also requiring the Attorney 
General to distinguish those crimes committed by juveniles. The bill 
also requires consolidation and standardization of all criminal 
databases, enabling law enforcement all across this country to better 
share information.
  For those who still choose a life a crime, this proposal would 
increase the penalties proscribed for crimes committed in the 
furtherance of a gang. Gangs are dependent on committing

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crimes such as witness intimidation, illegal firearm possession, and 
drug trafficking, implementing these instruments to augment their 
power. Subsequently, when these crimes are committed in the furtherance 
of gang activity, they can be more detrimental to society than if they 
were committed in isolation. Thus, these tougher sentencing 
requirements for crimes committed in the furtherance of a gang are not 
only appropriate, but necessary to deter gang violence and shield 
society from its most dangerous and unremorseful criminals.
  This legislation would also attack one of the roots of gang 
violence--gang recruiters, who seek out young, economically 
disadvantaged, at-risk youth and pressure them to join. Currently, 
there is no law specifically forbidding gang recruitment. This 
legislation would change that--making it illegal to do so--and would 
incarcerate an offender for up to 5 years if the person being recruited 
was over the age of 18, or up to 10 years if the individual was under 
the age of 18.
  Taken together, the provisions of this bill develop a comprehensive 
approach to gang violence by focusing on prevention, deterrence, and 
enforcement. To not address all of these gang violence catalysts in 
their entirety would leave us with an incomprehensive approach that 
would do little to quell the scourge of gang violence. Therefore, I 
urge my colleagues to cosponsor the Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth 
Act, and by doing so, give law enforcement and our communities the 
means to thoroughly and comprehensively counter the growing specter of 
gang violence that afflicts our great Nation.
  I ask unanimous consent the text of the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 4028

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Fighting 
     Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2006''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.

              TITLE I--PREVENTION AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

Sec. 101. Reauthorization of certain after-school programs.
Sec. 102. Reauthorization of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities 
              Act.
Sec. 103. Public and assisted housing gang elimination.
Sec. 104. Demonstration grants to encourage creative approaches to gang 
              activity and after-school programs.
Sec. 105. Reauthorization of adult and juvenile offender State and 
              local reentry demonstration projects.
Sec. 106. Children of incarcerated parents and families.
Sec. 107. Encouragement of employment of former prisoners.
Sec. 108. Federal resource center for children of prisoners.
Sec. 109. Use of violent offender truth-in-sentencing grant funding for 
              demonstration project activities.
Sec. 110. Grants to study parole or post-incarceration supervision 
              violations and revocations.
Sec. 111. Improvement of the residential substance abuse treatment for 
              State prisoners program.
Sec. 112. Residential drug abuse program in Federal prisons.
Sec. 113. Removal of limitation on amount of funds available for 
              corrections education programs under the Adult Education 
              and Family Literacy Act.
Sec. 114. Technical amendment to drug-free student loans provision to 
              ensure that it applies only to offenses committed while 
              receiving Federal aid.
Sec. 115. Mentoring grants to nonprofit organizations.
Sec. 116. Clarification of authority to place prisoner in community 
              corrections.
Sec. 117. Grants to States for improved workplace and community 
              transition training for incarcerated youth offenders.
Sec. 118. Improved reentry procedures for Federal prisoners.
Sec. 119. Reauthorization of Learn and Serve America.
Sec. 120. Job Corps.
Sec. 121. Workforce Investment Act youth activities.
Sec. 122. Expansion and reauthorization of the mentoring initiative for 
              system involved youth.
Sec. 123. Strategic community planning program.
Sec. 124. Reauthorization of the Gang Resistance Education and Training 
              Projects Program and increase funding for the national 
              youth gang survey.

       TITLE II--SUPPRESSION AND COMMUNITY ANTI-GANG INITIATIVES

               Subtitle A--Gang Activity Policing Program

Sec. 201. Authority to make gang activity policing grants.
Sec. 202. Eligible activities.
Sec. 203. Preferential consideration of applications for certain 
              grants.
Sec. 204. Utilization of components.
Sec. 205. Minimum amount.
Sec. 206. Matching funds.
Sec. 207. Authorization of appropriations.

       Subtitle B--High Intensity Interstate Gang Activity Areas

Sec. 211. Designation of and assistance for ``high intensity'' 
              interstate gang activity areas.

                     Subtitle C--Additional Funding

Sec. 221. Additional resources needed by the Federal Bureau of 
              Investigation to investigate and prosecute violent 
              criminal street gangs.
Sec. 222. Grants to prosecutors and law enforcement to combat violent 
              crime and to protect witnesses and victims of crimes.
Sec. 223. Enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative to 
              improve enforcement of criminal laws against violent 
              gangs.

             TITLE III--PUNISHMENT AND IMPROVED CRIME DATA

Sec. 301. Criminal street gangs.
Sec. 302. Violent crimes in furtherance or in aid of criminal street 
              gangs.
Sec. 303. Interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of 
              racketeering enterprises and criminal street gangs.
Sec. 304. Amendments relating to violent crime in areas of exclusive 
              Federal jurisdiction.
Sec. 305. Increased penalties for use of interstate commerce facilities 
              in the commission of murder-for-hire and other felony 
              crimes of violence.
Sec. 306. Increased penalties for violent crimes in aid of racketeering 
              activity.
Sec. 307. Violent crimes committed during and in relation to a drug 
              trafficking crime.
Sec. 308. Expansion of rebuttable presumption against release of 
              persons charged with firearms offenses.
Sec. 309. Statute of limitations for violent crime.
Sec. 310. Predicate crimes for authorization of interception of wire, 
              oral, and electronic communications.
Sec. 311. Clarification to hearsay exception for forfeiture by 
              wrongdoing.
Sec. 312. Clarification of venue for retaliation against a witness.
Sec. 313. Amendment of sentencing guidelines relating to certain gang 
              and violent crimes.
Sec. 314. Solicitation or recruitment of persons in criminal street 
              gang activity.
Sec. 315. Increased penalties for criminal use of firearms in crimes of 
              violence and drug trafficking.
Sec. 316. Possession of firearms by dangerous felons.
Sec. 317. Standardization of crime reporting.
Sec. 318. Providing additional forensic examiners.
Sec. 319. Study on expanding Federal authority for juvenile offenders.

              TITLE I--PREVENTION AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

     SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

       (a) 21st Century Community Learning Centers.--Section 4206 
     of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 7176) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``$2,250,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$2,500,000,000''; and
       (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ``$2,500,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$2,750,000,000''.
       (b) Carol M. White Physical Education Program.--Section 
     5401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 7241) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``There are'' and inserting ``(a) In 
     General.--There are''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Physical Education.--In addition to the amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), there are 
     authorized to be appropriated $73,000,000 for each of fiscal 
     years 2007 and 2008 to carry out subpart 10.''.
       (c) Federal TRIO Programs.--Section 402A(f) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-11(f)) is amended by 
     striking ``$700,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and such sums 
     as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 
     years'' and inserting ``$883,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and 
     such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding 
     fiscal years''.
       (d) GEARUP.--Section 404H of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-28) is amended by striking 
     ``$200,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be 
     necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years'' and

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     inserting ``$325,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and such sums 
     as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal 
     years''.

     SEC. 102. REAUTHORIZATION OF SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND 
                   COMMUNITIES ACT.

       (a) Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities.--Section 
     4003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 7103) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$650,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 2002'' and inserting ``$700,000,000 for fiscal year 
     2007''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``such sums for fiscal 
     year 2002, and'' and inserting ``$400,000,000 for fiscal year 
     2007''.
       (b) National Coordinator Initiative.--Section 4125 of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     7135(a)) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``From funds made available to carry out 
     this subpart under section 4003(2), the Secretary may 
     provide'' and inserting ``From amounts made available to 
     carry out this subpart under section 4003(2) for each fiscal 
     year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than $40,000,000 
     to provide''; and
       (B) by inserting ``, gang prevention,'' after ``drug 
     prevention''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in the first sentence--
       (i) by inserting ``, gang prevention,'' after ``serve as 
     drug prevention''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``, gang,'' after ``significant drug''; 
     and
       (B) in the second sentence, by inserting ``, gang,'' after 
     ``analyzing assessments of drug''.
       (c) Mentoring Program.--Section 4130(b) of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7140(b)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of paragraph 
     (1), by striking ``The Secretary may award grants from funds 
     made available to carry out this subpart under section 
     4003(2)'' and inserting ``From amounts made available to 
     carry out this subpart under section 4003(2) for each fiscal 
     year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than $50,000,000 
     to award grants'';
       (2) in paragraph (5)(B)(i), by inserting ``elementary 
     school and middle school'' after ``serves''; and
       (3) in paragraph (5)(C)(ii)(IV), by striking ``4th'' and 
     inserting ``kindergarten''.
       (d) Anti-Gang Discretionary Grants.--Subpart 2 of part A of 
     title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 4131. ANTI-GANG DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.

       ``(a) Authority To Make Grants.--From amounts made 
     available to carry out this subpart under section 4003(2) for 
     each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than 
     $50,000,000 to award grants, on a competitive basis, to 
     nonprofit organizations to enable the nonprofit organizations 
     to establish programs to assist a public elementary school or 
     middle school in providing an innovative approach--
       ``(1) to combat gang activity in the school and the 
     community surrounding the school; and
       ``(2) to heighten awareness of, and provide tools to 
     reduce, gang violence in the school and the community 
     surrounding the school.
       ``(b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
     this section, a nonprofit organization shall submit an 
     application to the Secretary.
       ``(c) Priority Consideration.--In awarding grants under 
     this section, the Secretary shall give priority consideration 
     to applications describing programs that target youth living 
     in a community with a crime level above the average crime 
     level of the State in which the community is located.''.

     SEC. 103. PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING GANG ELIMINATION.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Public 
     and Assisted Housing Gang Elimination Act of 2006''.
       (b) Public and Assisted Housing.--Title V of Public Law 
     100-690 is amended by adding at the end the following:

       ``Subtitle H--Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination

     ``SEC. 5401. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

       ``The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in 
     accordance with the provisions of this subtitle, may make 
     grants to public housing agencies (including Indian Housing 
     Authorities) and private, for-profit and nonprofit owners of 
     federally assisted low-income housing for use in eliminating 
     gang related crime.

     ``SEC. 5402. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

       ``Grants under this subtitle may be used in public housing 
     or other federally assisted low-income housing projects for--
       ``(1) the employment of security personnel;
       ``(2) reimbursement of local law enforcement agencies for 
     additional security and protective services;
       ``(3) physical improvements which are specifically designed 
     to enhance security;
       ``(4) the employment of 1 or more individuals--
       ``(A) to investigate gang related crime on or about the 
     real property comprising any public or other federally 
     assisted low-income housing project; and
       ``(B) to provide evidence relating to such crime in any 
     administrative or judicial proceeding;
       ``(5) the provision of training, communications equipment, 
     and other related equipment for use by voluntary tenant 
     patrols acting in cooperation with local law enforcement 
     officials;
       ``(6) programs designed to reduce gang activity in and 
     around public or other federally assisted low-income housing 
     projects, including encouraging teen-driven approaches to 
     gang activity prevention;
       ``(7) providing funding to nonprofit public housing 
     resident management corporations and resident councils to 
     develop security and gang prevention programs involving site 
     residents.

     ``SEC. 5403. APPLICATIONS.

       ``(a) In General.--To receive a grant under this subtitle, 
     a public housing agency or an owner of federally assisted 
     low-income housing shall submit an application to the 
     Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 
     such additional information as the Secretary may reasonably 
     require. Such application shall include a plan for addressing 
     the problem of gang related crime on the premises of the 
     housing administered or owned by the applicant for which the 
     application is being submitted.
       ``(b) Criteria.--Except as provided by subsections (c) and 
     (d) the Secretary shall approve applications under this 
     subtitle based exclusively on--
       ``(1) the extent of the gang related crime problem in the 
     public or federally assisted low-income housing project or 
     projects proposed for assistance;
       ``(2) the quality of the plan to address the crime problem 
     in the public or federally assisted low-income housing 
     project or projects proposed for assistance, including the 
     extent to which the plan includes initiatives that can be 
     sustained over a period of several years;
       ``(3) the capability of the applicant to carry out the 
     plan; and
       ``(4) the extent to which tenants, the local government, 
     and the local community support and participate in the design 
     and implementation of the activities proposed to be funded 
     under the application.
       ``(c) Federally Assisted Low-Income Housing.--In addition 
     to the selection criteria specified in subsection (b), the 
     Secretary may establish other criteria for the evaluation of 
     applications submitted by owners of federally assisted low-
     income housing, except that such additional criteria shall be 
     designed only to reflect--
       ``(1) relevant differences between the financial resources 
     and other characteristics of public housing authorities and 
     owners of federally assisted low-income housing; or
       ``(2) relevant differences between the problem of gang 
     related crime in public housing and the problem of gang 
     related crime in federally assisted low-income housing.
       ``(d) High Intensity Interstate Gang Activity Areas.--In 
     evaluating the extent of the gang related crime problem 
     pursuant to subsection (b), the Secretary may consider 
     whether housing projects proposed for assistance are located 
     in a high intensity interstate gang activity area designated 
     pursuant to section 211 of the Fighting Gangs and Empowering 
     Youth Act of 2006.

     ``SEC. 5404. DEFINITIONS.

       ``For the purposes of this subtitle, the following 
     definitions shall apply:
       ``(1) Secretary.--The term `` `Secretary' '' means the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
       ``(2) Federally assisted low-income housing.--The term 
     `federally assisted low-income housing' means housing 
     assisted under--
       ``(A) section 221(d)(3), section 221(d)(4), or 236 of the 
     National Housing Act;
       ``(B) section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
     of 1965; or
       ``(C) section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

     ``SEC. 5405. IMPLEMENTATION.

       ``The Secretary shall issue regulations to implement this 
     subtitle within 180 days after the date of enactment of the 
     Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2006.

     ``SEC. 5406. REPORTS.

       ``The Secretary shall require grantees to provide periodic 
     reports that include the obligation and expenditure of grant 
     funds, the progress made by the grantee in implementing the 
     plan described in section 5403(a), and any change in the 
     incidence of gang related crime in projects assisted under 
     this chapter.

     ``SEC. 5407. MONITORING.

       ``The Secretary shall audit and monitor the programs funded 
     under this subtitle to ensure that assistance provided under 
     this subtitle is administered in accordance with the 
     provisions of this subtitle.

     ``SEC. 5408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       ``(a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
     to carry out this subtitle $200,000,000 for each of the 
     fiscal years 2007 through 2011. Any amount appropriated under 
     this section shall remain available until expended.
       ``(b) Set-Aside for Assisted Housing.--Of any amount made 
     available in any fiscal year to carry out this subtitle, not 
     more than 6.25 percent of such amount shall be available for 
     grants for federally assisted low-income housing.''.
       (c) Conforming Amendments.--The table of contents for title 
     V of Public Law 100-690 is amended by inserting the following 
     new items:

       ``Subtitle H--Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination

``Sec. 5401. Authority to make grants.

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``Sec. 5402. Eligible activities.
``Sec. 5403. Applications.
``Sec. 5404. Definitions.
``Sec. 5405. Implementation.
``Sec. 5406. Reports.
``Sec. 5407. Monitoring.
``Sec. 5408. Authorization of appropriations.''.

     SEC. 104. DEMONSTRATION GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE CREATIVE 
                   APPROACHES TO GANG ACTIVITY AND AFTER-SCHOOL 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--The Attorney General may make grants to 
     public or nonprofit private entities (including faith-based 
     organizations) for the purpose of assisting the entities in 
     demonstrating innovative approaches to combat gang activity.
       (b) Certain Approaches.--Approaches under subsection (a) 
     may include the following:
       (1) Encouraging teen-driven approaches to gang activity 
     prevention.
       (2) Educating parents to recognize signs of problems and 
     potential gang involvement in their children.
       (3) Teaching parents the importance of a nurturing family 
     and home environment to keep children out of gangs.
       (4) Facilitating communication between parents and 
     children, especially programs that have been evaluated and 
     proven effective.
       (c) Matching Funds.--
       (1) In general.--With respect to the costs of the project 
     to be carried out under subsection (a) by an applicant, a 
     grant may be made under such subsection only if the applicant 
     agrees to make available (directly or through donations from 
     public or private entities) non-Federal contributions toward 
     such costs in an amount that is not less than 25 percent of 
     such costs ($1 for each $3 of Federal funds provided in the 
     grant).
       (2) Determination of amount contributed.--Non-Federal 
     contributions required in paragraph (1) may be in cash or in 
     kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or 
     services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or 
     services assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by 
     the Federal Government, may not be included in determining 
     the amount of such non-Federal contributions.
       (d) Evaluation of Projects.--The Attorney General shall 
     establish criteria for the evaluation of projects under 
     subsection (a). A grant may be made under such subsection 
     only if the applicant involved--
       (1) agrees to conduct evaluations of the project in 
     accordance with such criteria;
       (2) agrees to submit to the Attorney General such reports 
     describing the results of the evaluations as the Attorney 
     General determines to be appropriate; and
       (3) submits to the Attorney General, in the application 
     under subsection (e), a plan for conducting the evaluations.
       (e) Application for Grant.--A grant may be made under 
     subsection (a) only if an application for the grant is 
     submitted to the Attorney General and the application is in 
     such form, is made in such manner, and contains such 
     agreements, assurances, and information, including the 
     agreements under subsections (c) and (d) and the plan under 
     subsection (d)(3), as the Attorney General determines to be 
     necessary to carry out this section.
       (f) Report to Congress.--Not later than October 1, 2011, 
     the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report 
     describing the extent to which projects under subsection (a) 
     have been successful in reducing the rate of gang activity in 
     the communities in which the projects have been carried out. 
     Such reports shall describe the various approaches used under 
     subsection (a) and the effectiveness of each of the 
     approaches.
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of 
     carrying out this section, there is authorized to be 
     appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 
     through 2011.

     SEC. 105. REAUTHORIZATION OF ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDER 
                   STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

       (a) Adult and Juvenile Offender Demonstration Projects 
     Authorized.--Section 2976(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(b)) is amended by 
     striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) establishing or improving the system or systems under 
     which--
       ``(A) the correctional agency of the State or local 
     government develops and carries out plans to facilitate the 
     reentry into the community of each offender in State or local 
     custody;
       ``(B) the supervision and services provided to offenders in 
     State or local custody are coordinated with the supervision 
     and services provided to offenders after reentry into the 
     community;
       ``(C) the efforts of various public and private entities to 
     provide supervision and services to offenders after reentry 
     into the community, and to family members of such offenders, 
     are coordinated; and
       ``(D) offenders awaiting reentry into the community are 
     provided with documents (such as identification papers, 
     referrals to services, medical prescriptions, job training 
     certificates, apprenticeship papers, and information on 
     obtaining public assistance) useful in achieving a successful 
     transition from prison, jail, or detention;
       ``(2) carrying out programs and initiatives by units of 
     local government to strengthen reentry services for 
     individuals released from local jails;
       ``(3) enabling jail or prison mentors of offenders to 
     remain in contact with those offenders, including through the 
     use of such technology as videoconferencing, during 
     incarceration and after reentry into the community and 
     encouraging the involvement of prison or jail mentors in the 
     reentry process;
       ``(4) providing structured post-release housing and 
     transitional housing, including group homes for recovering 
     substance abusers, through which offenders are provided 
     supervision and services immediately following reentry into 
     the community;
       ``(5) assisting offenders in securing permanent housing 
     upon release or following a stay in transitional housing;
       ``(6) providing continuity of health services (including 
     screening, assessment, and aftercare for mental health 
     services, substance abuse treatment and aftercare, and 
     treatment for contagious diseases) to offenders in custody 
     and after reentry into the community;
       ``(7) providing offenders with education, job training, 
     responsible parenting and healthy relationship skills 
     training designed specifically for addressing the needs of 
     incarcerated and transitioning fathers and mothers, English 
     as a second language programs, work experience programs, 
     self-respect and life skills training, and other skills 
     useful in achieving a successful transition from prison;
       ``(8) facilitating collaboration among corrections and 
     community corrections, technical schools, community colleges, 
     and the workforce development and employment service sectors 
     to--
       ``(A) promote, where appropriate, the employment of people 
     released from prison and jail, through efforts such as 
     educating employers about existing financial incentives, and 
     facilitate the creation of job opportunities, including 
     transitional jobs and time limited subsidized work experience 
     (where appropriate), for this population that will benefit 
     communities;
       ``(B) connect inmates to employment, including supportive 
     employment and employment services, before their release to 
     the community, to provide work supports, including 
     transportation and retention services, as appropriate, and 
     identify labor market needs to ensure that education and 
     training are appropriate; and
       ``(C) address barriers to employment, including licensing 
     that are not directly connected to the crime committed and 
     the risk that the ex-offender presents to the community, and 
     provide case management services as necessary to prepare 
     offenders for jobs that offer the potential for advancement 
     and growth;
       ``(9) assessing the literacy and educational needs of 
     offenders in custody and identifying and providing services 
     appropriate to meet those needs, including follow-up 
     assessments and long-term services;
       ``(10) systems under which family members of offenders are 
     involved in facilitating the successful reentry of those 
     offenders into the community, including removing obstacles to 
     the maintenance of family relationships while the offender is 
     in custody, strengthening the family's capacity to function 
     as a stable living situation during reentry where 
     appropriate, and involving family members in the planning and 
     implementation of the reentry process;
       ``(11) programs under which victims are included, on a 
     voluntary basis, in the reentry process;
       ``(12) identifying and addressing barriers to collaborating 
     with child welfare agencies in the provision of services 
     jointly to offenders in custody and to the children of such 
     offenders;
       ``(13) carrying out programs that support children of 
     incarcerated parents, including those in foster care and 
     those cared for by grandparents or other relatives, commonly 
     referred to as kinship care, including mentoring children of 
     prisoners programs;
       ``(14) carrying out programs for the entire family unit, 
     including the coordination of service delivery across 
     agencies;
       ``(15) implementing programs in correctional agencies to 
     include the collection of information regarding any dependent 
     children of an incarcerated person as part of intake 
     procedures, including the number of children, age, and 
     location or jurisdiction, and connect identified children 
     with services as appropriate and needed;
       ``(16) addressing barriers to the visitation of children 
     with an incarcerated parent, and maintenance of the parent-
     child relationship as appropriate to the safety and well-
     being of the children, such as the location of facilities in 
     remote areas, telephone costs, mail restrictions, and 
     visitation policies;
       ``(17) creating, developing, or enhancing prisoner and 
     family assessments curricula, policies, procedures, or 
     programs (including mentoring programs) to help prisoners 
     with a history or identified risk of domestic violence, 
     dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking reconnect with 
     their families and communities, as appropriate (or when it is 
     safe to do so), and become mutually respectful, nonabusive 
     parents or partners, under which particular attention is paid 
     to the safety of children affected and the confidentiality 
     concerns of victims, and efforts are coordinated with 
     existing victim service providers;
       ``(18) developing programs and activities that support 
     parent-child relationships, such as--
       ``(A) using telephone conferencing to permit incarcerated 
     parents to participate in parent-teacher conferences;

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       ``(B) using videoconferencing to allow virtual visitation 
     when incarcerated persons are more than 100 miles from their 
     families;
       ``(C) the development of books on tape programs, through 
     which incarcerated parents read a book into a tape to be sent 
     to their children;
       ``(D) the establishment of family days, which provide for 
     longer visitation hours or family activities;
       ``(E) the creation of children's areas in visitation rooms 
     with parent-child activities;
       ``(F) the implementation of programs to help incarcerated 
     fathers and mothers stay connected to their children and 
     learn responsible parenting and healthy relationship skills; 
     or
       ``(G) mentoring children of prisoners program;
       ``(19) expanding family-based treatment centers that offer 
     family-based comprehensive treatment services for parents and 
     their children as a complete family unit;
       ``(20) conducting studies to determine who is returning to 
     prison or jail and which of those returning prisoners 
     represent the greatest risk to community safety;
       ``(21) developing or adopting procedures to ensure that 
     dangerous felons are not released from prison prematurely;
       ``(22) developing and implementing procedures to assist 
     relevant authorities in determining when release is 
     appropriate and in the use of data to inform the release 
     decision;
       ``(23) developing and implementing procedures to identify 
     efficiently and effectively those violators of probation, 
     parole, or post incarceration supervision who should be 
     returned to prison or jail;
       ``(24) utilizing validated assessment tools to assess the 
     risk factors of returning inmates and prioritizing services 
     based on risk;
       ``(25) facilitating and encouraging timely and complete 
     payment of restitution and fines by ex-offenders to victims 
     and the community;
       ``(26) establishing or expanding the use of reentry courts 
     and other programs to--
       ``(A) monitor offenders returning to the community;
       ``(B) provide returning offenders with--
       ``(i) drug and alcohol testing and treatment; and
       ``(ii) mental and medical health assessment and services;
       ``(C) facilitate restorative justice practices and convene 
     family or community impact panels, family impact educational 
     classes, victim impact panels, or victim impact educational 
     classes;
       ``(D) provide and coordinate the delivery of other 
     community services to offenders, including--
       ``(i) housing assistance;
       ``(ii) education;
       ``(iii) employment training;
       ``(iv) children and family support to include responsible 
     parenting and healthy relationship skill training designed 
     specifically to address the needs of incarcerated and 
     transitioning fathers and mothers;
       ``(v) conflict resolution skills training;
       ``(vi) family violence intervention programs;
       ``(vii) culturally and linguistically competent services, 
     as appropriate; and
       ``(viii) other appropriate services; and
       ``(E) establish and implement graduated sanctions and 
     incentives; and
       ``(27) providing technology and other tools to advance post 
     release supervision.''.
       (b) Juvenile Offender Demonstration Projects 
     Reauthorized.--Section 2976(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control 
     and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(c)) is amended 
     by striking ``may be expended for'' and all that follows 
     through the period at the end and inserting ``may be expended 
     for any activity referred to in subsection (b).''.
       (c) Applications; Requirements; Priorities; Performance 
     Measurements.--Section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (o); and
       (2) by striking subsections (d) through (g) and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(d) Applications.--A State, unit of local government, 
     territory, or Indian tribe, or combination thereof desiring a 
     grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
     Attorney General that--
       ``(1) contains a reentry strategic plan, as referenced in 
     subsection (h), which describes the long-term strategy, and a 
     detailed implementation schedule, including the 
     jurisdiction's plans to pay for the program after the Federal 
     funding is discontinued;
       ``(2) identifies the local government role and the role of 
     governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations that will 
     be coordinated by, and that will collaborate on, the 
     applicant's prisoner reentry strategy and certifies their 
     involvement; and
       ``(3) describes the methodology and outcome measures that 
     will be used in evaluating the program.
       ``(e) Requirements.--The Attorney General may make a grant 
     to an applicant under this section only if the application--
       ``(1) reflects explicit support of the chief executive 
     officer of the State, unit of local government, territory, or 
     Indian tribe applying for a grant under this section;
       ``(2) provides extensive discussion of the role of State 
     corrections departments, community corrections agencies, 
     juvenile justice systems, or local jail systems in ensuring 
     successful reentry of ex-offenders into their communities;
       ``(3) provides extensive evidence of collaboration with 
     State and local government agencies overseeing health, 
     housing, child welfare, education, substance abuse, and 
     employment services, and local law enforcement;
       ``(4) provides a plan for analysis of the applicant's 
     existing statutory, regulatory, rules-based, and practice-
     based hurdles to a prisoner's reintegration into the 
     community that--
       ``(A) takes particular note and makes recommendations with 
     respect to laws, regulations, rules, and practices that 
     disqualify former prisoners from obtaining professional 
     licenses or other requirements necessary for certain types of 
     employment, and that hinder full civic participation;
       ``(B) identifies and makes recommendations with respect to 
     those laws, regulations, rules, or practices that are not 
     directly connected to the crime committed and the risk that 
     the ex-offender presents to the community; and
       ``(C) affords members of the public an opportunity to 
     participate in the process described in this subsection; and
       ``(5) includes the use of a State, local, territorial, or 
     tribal task force, as referenced in subsection (i), to carry 
     out the activities funded under the grant.
       ``(f) Priority Consideration.--The Attorney General shall 
     give priority to grant applications under this section that 
     best--
       ``(1) focus initiative on geographic areas with a high 
     population of ex-offenders;
       ``(2) include partnerships with nonprofit organizations;
       ``(3) provide consultations with crime victims and former 
     incarcerated prisoners and their families;
       ``(4) review the process by which the State and local 
     governments adjudicate violations of parole, probation, or 
     post incarceration supervision and consider reforms to 
     maximize the use of graduated, community-based sanctions for 
     minor and technical violations of parole, probation, or post 
     incarceration supervision;
       ``(5) establish prerelease planning procedures for 
     prisoners to ensure that a prisoner's eligibility for Federal 
     or State benefits (including Medicaid, Medicare, Social 
     Security, and Veterans benefits) upon release is established 
     prior to release, subject to any limitations in law, and to 
     ensure that prisoners are provided with referrals to 
     appropriate social and health services or are linked to 
     appropriate nonprofit organizations;
       ``(6) include an agreement that the applicant, in 
     consultation with the National Institute of Justice, will 
     modify the project design, initially and during the project, 
     in order to facilitate the evaluation of outcomes by means, 
     including (to the maximum extent feasible) random assignment 
     of offenders and ex-offenders (or entities working with such 
     persons) to program delivery and control groups; and
       ``(7) target high-risk offenders for reentry programs 
     through validated assessment tools.
       ``(g) Uses of Grant Funds.--
       ``(1) Federal share.--The Federal share of a grant received 
     under this section may not exceed 75 percent of the project 
     funded under the grant, unless the Attorney General--
       ``(A) waives, in whole or in part, the requirement of this 
     paragraph; and
       ``(B) publicly delineates the rationale for the waiver.
       ``(2) Supplement not supplant.--Federal funds received 
     under this section shall be used to supplement, not supplant, 
     non-Federal funds that would otherwise be available for the 
     activities funded under this section.
       ``(h) Reentry Strategic Plan.--
       ``(1) In general.--As a condition of receiving financial 
     assistance under this section, each applicant shall develop a 
     comprehensive strategic reentry plan that contains measurable 
     annual and 5 year performance outcomes. The plan shall have 
     as a goal to reduce the rate of recidivism of incarcerated 
     persons served with funds from this section by 50 percent 
     over a period of 5 years.
       ``(2) Coordination.--In developing reentry plans under this 
     subsection, applicants shall coordinate with communities and 
     stakeholders, including persons in the fields of public 
     safety, corrections, housing, health, education, substance 
     abuse, children and families, employment, business and 
     members of nonprofit organizations that provide reentry 
     services.
       ``(3) Measurements of progress.--Each reentry plan 
     developed under this subsection shall measure the applicant's 
     progress toward increasing public safety by reducing rates of 
     recidivism and enabling released offenders to transition 
     successfully back into their communities.
       ``(i) Reentry Task Force.--
       ``(1) In general.--As a condition of receiving financial 
     assistance under this section, each applicant shall establish 
     or empower a Reentry Task Force, or other relevant convening 
     authority, to examine ways to pool existing resources and 
     funding streams to promote lower recidivism rates for 
     returning ex-offenders and to minimize the harmful effects of 
     incarceration on families and communities by collecting data 
     and best practices in offender reentry from demonstration 
     grantees and other agencies and organizations, and to provide 
     a plan, as described in subsection (e)(4).
       ``(2) Membership.--The task force or other authority shall 
     be comprised of relevant--
       ``(A) State, tribal, territorial, or local leaders;

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       ``(B) agencies;
       ``(C) service providers;
       ``(D) nonprofit organizations; and
       ``(E) stakeholders.
       ``(j) Strategic Performance Outcomes.--
       ``(1) In general.--Each applicant shall identify in their 
     reentry strategic plan, as referenced in subsection (h), 
     specific performance outcomes related to the long-term goals 
     of increasing public safety and reducing recidivism.
       ``(2) Performance outcomes.--The performance outcomes 
     identified under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to 
     offenders released back into the community--
       ``(A) reduction in recommitment rates;
       ``(B) reduction in crime;
       ``(C) increased employment and education opportunities;
       ``(D) reduction in violations of conditions of supervised 
     release;
       ``(E) increased child support;
       ``(F) increased housing opportunities;
       ``(G) reduction in drug and alcohol abuse; and
       ``(H) increased participation in substance abuse and mental 
     health services.
       ``(3) Other outcomes.--States may include in their reentry 
     strategic plan other performance outcomes that increase the 
     success rates of offenders who transition from prison.
       ``(4) Coordination.--Applicants should coordinate with 
     communities and stakeholders about the selection of 
     performance outcomes identified by the applicant, and should 
     consult with the Department of Justice for assistance with 
     data collection and measurement activities.
       ``(5) Report.--Each grantee under this section shall submit 
     an annual report to the Department of Justice that--
       ``(A) identifies the grantee's progress toward achieving 
     its strategic performance outcomes; and
       ``(B) describes other activities conducted by the grantee 
     to increase the success rates of the reentry population, such 
     as programs that foster effective risk management and 
     treatment programming, offender accountability, and community 
     and victim participation.
       ``(k) Performance Measurement.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Department of Justice, in 
     consultation with the grantees, shall--
       ``(A) identify primary and secondary sources of information 
     to support the measurement of the performance indicators 
     identified under this section;
       ``(B) identify sources and methods of data collection in 
     support of performance measurement required under this 
     section;
       ``(C) provide to all grantees technical assistance and 
     training on performance measures and data collection for 
     purposes of this section; and
       ``(D) coordinate with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
     Services Administration on strategic performance outcome 
     measures and data collection for purposes of this section 
     relating to substance abuse and mental health.
       ``(2) Coordination.--The Department of Justice shall 
     coordinate with other Federal agencies to identify national 
     and other sources of information to support grantee's 
     performance measurement.
       ``(3) Standards for analysis.--Any statistical analysis of 
     population data conducted pursuant to this section shall be 
     conducted in accordance with the Federal Register Notice 
     dated October 30, 1997, relating to classification standards.
       ``(l) Future Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a 
     grant under this section for fiscal years after the first 
     receipt of such a grant, a grantee shall submit to the 
     Attorney General such information as is necessary to 
     demonstrate that--
       ``(1) the grantee has adopted a reentry plan that reflects 
     input from nonprofit organizations;
       ``(2) the grantee's reentry plan includes performance 
     measures to assess the grantee's progress toward increasing 
     public safety by reducing by 10 percent over the 2-year 
     period the rate at which individuals released from prison who 
     participate in the reentry system supported by Federal funds 
     are recommitted to prison; and
       ``(3) the grantee will coordinate with the Department of 
     Justice, nonprofit organizations, and other experts regarding 
     the selection and implementation of the performance measures 
     described in subsection (k).
       ``(m) National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource 
     Center.--
       ``(1) Authority.--The Attorney General may, using amounts 
     made available to carry out this subsection, make a grant to 
     an eligible organization to provide for the establishment of 
     a National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource 
     Center.
       ``(2) Eligible organization.--An organization eligible for 
     the grant under paragraph (1) is any national nonprofit 
     organization approved by the Federal task force established 
     under subsection (o) that provides technical assistance and 
     training to, and has special expertise and broad, national-
     level experience in offender reentry programs, training, and 
     research.
       ``(3) Use of funds.--The organization receiving the grant 
     shall establish a National Adult and Juvenile Offender 
     Reentry Resource Center to--
       ``(A) provide education, training, and technical assistance 
     for States, tribes, territories, local governments, service 
     providers, nonprofit organizations, and corrections 
     institutions;
       ``(B) collect data and best practices in offender reentry 
     from demonstration grantees and others agencies and 
     organizations;
       ``(C) develop and disseminate evaluation tools, mechanisms, 
     and measures to better assess and document coalition 
     performance measures and outcomes;
       ``(D) disseminate knowledge to States and other relevant 
     entities about best practices, policy standards, and research 
     findings;
       ``(E) develop and implement procedures to assist relevant 
     authorities in determining when release is appropriate and in 
     the use of data to inform the release decision;
       ``(F) develop and implement procedures to identify 
     efficiently and effectively those violators of probation, 
     parole, or post incarceration supervision who should be 
     returned to prison and those who should receive other 
     penalties based on defined, graduated sanctions;
       ``(G) collaborate with the Federal task force established 
     under subsection (o) and the Federal Resource Center for 
     Children of Prisoners;
       ``(H) develop a national research agenda; and
       ``(I) bridge the gap between research and practice by 
     translating knowledge from research into practical 
     information.
       ``(4) Limit.--Of amounts made available to carry out this 
     section, not more than 4 percent shall be available to carry 
     out this subsection.
       ``(n) Administration.--Of amounts made available to carry 
     out this section--
       ``(1) not more than 2 percent shall be available for 
     administrative expenses in carrying out this section; and
       ``(2) not more than 2 percent shall be made available to 
     the National Institute of Justice to evaluate the 
     effectiveness of the demonstration projects funded under 
     section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime and Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w) as amended by this 
     section, using a methodology that--
       ``(A) includes, to the maximum extent feasible, random 
     assignment of offenders or ex-offenders (or entities working 
     with such persons) to program delivery and control groups; 
     and
       ``(B) generates evidence on which reentry approaches and 
     strategies are most effective.
       ``(o) Task Force on Federal Programs and Activities 
     Relating to Reentry of Offenders.--
       ``(1) Task force required.--The Attorney General, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of 
     Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     and the heads of such other elements of the Federal 
     Government as the Attorney General considers appropriate, and 
     in collaboration with stakeholders, service providers, 
     nonprofit organizations, States, tribes, territories, and 
     local governments, shall establish an interagency task force 
     on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of 
     offenders into the community.
       ``(2) Duties.--The task force required by paragraph (1) 
     shall--
       ``(A) identify such programs and activities that may be 
     resulting in overlapping or duplication of services, the 
     scope of such overlapping or duplication, and the 
     relationship of such overlapping and duplication to public 
     safety, public health, and effectiveness and efficiency;
       ``(B) identify methods to improve collaboration and 
     coordination of such programs and activities;
       ``(C) identify areas of responsibility in which improved 
     collaboration and coordination of such programs and 
     activities would result in increased effectiveness or 
     efficiency;
       ``(D) develop innovative interagency or intergovernmental 
     programs, activities, or procedures that would improve 
     outcomes of reentering offenders and children of offenders;
       ``(E) develop methods for increasing regular communication 
     that would increase interagency program effectiveness;
       ``(F) identify areas of research that can be coordinated 
     across agencies with an emphasis on applying science-based 
     practices to support, treatment, and intervention programs 
     for reentering offenders;
       ``(G) identify funding areas that should be coordinated 
     across agencies and any gaps in funding; and
       ``(H) in collaboration with the National Adult and Juvenile 
     Offender Reentry Resources Center identify successful 
     programs currently operating and collect best practices in 
     offender reentry from demonstration grantees and other 
     agencies and organizations, determine the extent to which 
     such programs and practices can be replicated, and make 
     information on such programs and practices available to 
     States, localities, nonprofit organizations, and others.
       ``(3) Report.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the task force established under 
     paragraph (1) shall submit a report, including 
     recommendations, to Congress on barriers to reentry. The task 
     force shall provide for public input in preparing the report.
       ``(B) Contents.--The report required by subparagraph (A) 
     shall identify Federal and other barriers to successful 
     reentry of offenders into the community and analyze the 
     effects of such barriers on offenders and on children and 
     other family members of offenders, including barriers 
     relating to--

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       ``(i) child support obligations and procedures;
       ``(ii) Social Security benefits, including barriers in 
     timely restoration of suspended disability benefits 
     immediately upon release, Veterans benefits, food stamps, and 
     other forms of Federal public assistance;
       ``(iii) Medicaid and Medicare laws, regulations, guidelines 
     or procedures, including barriers in timely restoration of 
     benefits caused by delay in reinstatement of suspended Social 
     Security disability benefits;
       ``(iv) education programs, financial assistance, and full 
     civic participation;
       ``(v) TANF program funding criteria and other welfare 
     benefits;
       ``(vi) sustainable employment and career advancement, that 
     are not directly connected to the crime committed and the 
     risk that the ex-offender presents to the community;
       ``(vii) laws, regulations, rules, and practices that 
     restrict Federal employment licensure and participation in 
     Federal contracting programs;
       ``(viii) admissions to and evictions from Federal housing 
     programs, including--

       ``(I) examining the number and characteristics of ex-
     offenders who are evicted from or denied eligibility for 
     Federal housing programs;
       ``(II) the effect of eligibility denials and evictions on 
     homelessness, family stability and family reunification;
       ``(III) the extent to which arrest records are the basis 
     for denying applications;
       ``(IV) the implications of considering misdemeanors 5 or 
     more years old and felonies 10 or more years old and the 
     appropriateness of taking into account rehabilitation and 
     other mitigating factors; and
       ``(V) the feasibility of using probationary or conditional 
     eligibility based on participation in a supervised 
     rehabilitation program or other appropriate social services;

       ``(ix) reentry procedures, case planning, and transitions 
     of persons from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
     to a Federal parole or probation program or community 
     corrections;
       ``(x) laws, regulations, rules, and practices that may 
     require a parolee to return to the same county that the 
     parolee was living in prior to his or her arrest, and the 
     potential for changing such laws, regulations, rules, and 
     practices so that the parolee may change his or her location 
     upon release, and not settle in the same location with 
     persons who may be a negative influence; and
       ``(xi) prerelease planning procedures for prisoners to 
     ensure that a prisoner's eligibility for Federal or State 
     benefits (including Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and 
     Veterans benefits) upon release is established prior to 
     release, subject to any limitations in law; and to ensure 
     that prisoners are provided with referrals to appropriate 
     social and health services or are linked to appropriate 
     nonprofit organizations.
       ``(4) Annual reports.--On an annual basis, the task force 
     required by paragraph (1) shall submit to Congress a report 
     on the activities of the task force, including specific 
     recommendations of the task force on matters referred to in 
     paragraph (2). Any statistical analysis of population data 
     pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance 
     with the Federal Register Notice dated October 30, 1997, 
     relating to classification standards.''.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 2976 of the 
     Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
     3797w) is amended in subsection (o)(1), as so redesignated by 
     subsection (c) of this section, by striking ``and $16,000,000 
     for fiscal year 2005'' and inserting ``$100,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2007, and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008''.
       (e) Grant Authorization.--Section 2976(a) of the Omnibus 
     Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
     3797w(a)) is amended by striking ``States, Territories'' and 
     all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
     ``States, local governments, territories, or Indian tribes, 
     or any combination thereof, in partnership with stakeholders, 
     service providers, and nonprofit organizations, for purpose 
     of establishing adult and juvenile offender reentry 
     demonstration projects.''.

     SEC. 106. CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS AND FAMILIES.

       The Secretary of Health and Human Services may--
       (1) review, and make available to States, a report on any 
     recommendations regarding the role of State child protective 
     services at the time of the arrest of a person; and
       (2) by regulation, establish such services as the Secretary 
     determines necessary for the preservation of families that 
     have been impacted by the incarceration of a family member 
     with special attention given to the impact on children.

     SEC. 107. ENCOURAGEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER PRISONERS.

       The Secretary of Labor shall take such steps as are 
     necessary to implement a program, including the Employment 
     and Training Administration, to educate employers and 1-stop 
     center workforce development providers about existing 
     incentives, including the Federal bonding program and tax 
     credits for hiring former Federal, State, or local prisoners.

     SEC. 108. FEDERAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF PRISONERS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services for fiscal years 2007 and 2008, 
     such sums as may be necessary for the continuing activities 
     of the Federal Resource Center for Children of Prisoners, 
     including conducting a review of the policies and practices 
     of State and Federal corrections agencies to support parent-
     child relationships.

     SEC. 109. USE OF VIOLENT OFFENDER TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING GRANT 
                   FUNDING FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ACTIVITIES.

       Section 20102(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
     Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13702(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) to carry out any activity referred to in subsections 
     (b) and (c) of section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w (b), (c)).''.

     SEC. 110. GRANTS TO STUDY PAROLE OR POST-INCARCERATION 
                   SUPERVISION VIOLATIONS AND REVOCATIONS.

       (a) Grants Authorized.--From amounts made available to 
     carry out this section, the Attorney General may award grants 
     to States to study and to improve the collection of data with 
     respect to individuals whose parole or post incarceration 
     supervision is revoked and which such individuals represent 
     the greatest risk to community safety.
       (b) Application.--As a condition of receiving a grant under 
     this section, a State shall--
       (1) certify that the State has, or intends to establish, a 
     program that collects comprehensive and reliable data with 
     respect to individuals described in subsection (a), including 
     data on--
       (A) the number and type of parole or post incarceration 
     supervision violations that occur with the State;
       (B) the reasons for parole or post-incarceration 
     supervision revocation;
       (C) the underlying behavior that led to the revocation; and
       (D) the term of imprisonment or other penalty that is 
     imposed for the violation; and
       (2) provide the data described in paragraph (1) to the 
     Bureau of Justice Statistics, in a form prescribed by the 
     Bureau. Any statistical analysis of population data pursuant 
     to this section shall be conducted in accordance with the 
     Federal Register Notice dated October 30, 1997, relating to 
     classification standards.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for 
     each fiscal years 2007 and 2008.

     SEC. 111. IMPROVEMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
                   TREATMENT FOR STATE PRISONERS PROGRAM.

       (a) Definition.--Section 1902 of the Omnibus Crime Control 
     and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff-1) is amended 
     by--
       (1) redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as 
     subsections (d) through (g), respectively; and
       (2) inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Residential Substance Abuse Treatment.--In this 
     section, the term `residential substance abuse treatment'--
       ``(1) means a course of individual and group activities and 
     treatment, lasting at least 6 months, in residential 
     treatment facilities set apart from the general prison 
     population; and
       ``(2) can include the use of pharmacotherapies where 
     appropriate, that may extend beyond the 6-month period.''.
       (b) Requirement for After Care Component.--Subsection (d) 
     of section 1902 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
     Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff-1), as so redesignated by 
     subsection (a) of this section, is amended--
       (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Eligibility 
     for Preference With After Care Component'' and inserting 
     ``Requirement for After Care Component'';
       (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
       ``(1) To be eligible for funding under this part, a State 
     shall ensure that individuals who participate in the 
     substance abuse treatment program established or implemented 
     with assistance provided under this part will be provided 
     with after care services.''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) After care services required by this subsection shall 
     be funded by the funding provided in this part.''.

     SEC. 112. RESIDENTIAL DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM IN FEDERAL PRISONS.

       Section 3621(e)(5)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``means a course of'' and all that 
     follows through the semicolon at the end and inserting the 
     following: ``means a course of individual and group 
     activities and treatment, lasting at least 6 months, in 
     residential treatment facilities set apart from the general 
     prison population, which may include the use of 
     pharmacotherapies, where appropriate, that may extend beyond 
     the 6-month period;''.

     SEC. 113. REMOVAL OF LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE 
                   FOR CORRECTIONS EDUCATION PROGRAMS UNDER THE 
                   ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY ACT.

       (a) In General.--Section 222(a)(1) of the Adult Education 
     and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9222(a)(1)) is amended by 
     striking ``, of which not more than 10 percent of the 82.5 
     percent shall be available to carry out section 225''.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the

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     Secretary of Education shall submit to Congress a report--
       (1) on the use of literacy funds to correctional 
     institutions as defined in section 225(d)(2) of the Adult 
     Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9224); and
       (2) that specifies the amount of literacy funds that are 
     provided to each category of correctional institution in each 
     State, and identify whether funds are being sufficiently 
     allocated among the various types of institutions.

     SEC. 114. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO DRUG-FREE STUDENT LOANS 
                   PROVISION TO ENSURE THAT IT APPLIES ONLY TO 
                   OFFENSES COMMITTED WHILE RECEIVING FEDERAL AID.

       Section 484(r)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 1091(r)(1)) is amended by striking ``A student'' and 
     all that follows through ``table:'' and inserting the 
     following: ``A student who is convicted of any offense under 
     any Federal or State law involving the possession or sale of 
     a controlled substance for conduct that occurred during a 
     period of enrollment for which the student was receiving any 
     grant, loan, or work assistance under this title shall not be 
     eligible to receive any grant, loan, or work assistance under 
     this title from the date of that conviction for the period of 
     time specified in the following table:''.

     SEC. 115. MENTORING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) Authority to Make Grants.--From amounts made available 
     to carry out this section, the Attorney General of the United 
     States, in collaboration with the Secretary of Labor and the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, shall make grants 
     to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing 
     mentoring and other transitional services essential to 
     reintegrating ex-offenders.
       (b) Use of Funds.--Grant funds awarded under subsection (a) 
     may be used for--
       (1) mentoring adult and juvenile offenders during 
     incarceration, through transition back to the community, and 
     post release; and
       (2) transitional services to assist in the reintegration of 
     ex-offenders into the community.
       (c) Application; Priority Consideration.--To be eligible to 
     receive a grant under this section, a nonprofit organization 
     shall submit an application to the Attorney General based on 
     criteria developed by the Attorney General in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development. Applicants will be given priority 
     consideration if the application--
       (1) includes a plan to implement activities that have been 
     demonstrated effective in facilitating the successful reentry 
     of offenders; and
       (2) provides for an independent evaluation that includes, 
     to the maximum extent feasible, random assignment of 
     offenders or ex-offenders to program delivery and control 
     groups.
       (d) Strategic Performance Outcomes.--The Attorney General 
     shall require each applicant under this section to identify 
     specific performance outcomes related to the long-term goal 
     of stabilizing communities by reducing recidivism and re-
     integrating ex-offenders into society.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Department of Justice to carry out 
     this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 and 
     2008.

     SEC. 116. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PLACE PRISONER IN 
                   COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS.

       Section 3624(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(c) Prerelease Custody.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Bureau of Prisons shall, to the 
     extent practicable, assure that a prisoner serving a term of 
     imprisonment spends 20 percent of the final portion of the 
     term, not to exceed 12 months, to be served under conditions 
     that will afford the prisoner a reasonable opportunity to 
     adjust to and prepare for the prisoner's reentry into the 
     community. Such conditions may include a community 
     correctional facility.
       ``(2) Authority.--This subsection authorizes the Bureau of 
     Prisons to place a prisoner in home confinement for the last 
     10 percent of the term to be served, not to exceed 6 months.
       ``(3) Assistance.--The United States Probation System 
     shall, to the extent practicable, offer assistance to a 
     prisoner during such prerelease custody.
       ``(4) No limitations.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
     construed to limit or restrict the authority of the Bureau of 
     Prisons granted under section 3621 of this title.''.

     SEC. 117. GRANTS TO STATES FOR IMPROVED WORKPLACE AND 
                   COMMUNITY TRANSITION TRAINING FOR INCARCERATED 
                   YOUTH OFFENDERS.

       Section 821 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (20 
     U.S.C. 1151) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 821. GRANTS TO STATES FOR IMPROVED WORKPLACE AND 
                   COMMUNITY TRANSITION TRAINING FOR INCARCERATED 
                   YOUTH OFFENDERS.

       ``(a) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     `youth offender' means a male or female offender under the 
     age of 35, who is incarcerated in a State prison, including a 
     prerelease facility.
       ``(b) Grant Program.--The Secretary of Education (in this 
     section referred to as the `Secretary')--
       ``(1) shall establish a program in accordance with this 
     section to provide grants to the State correctional education 
     agencies in the States, from allocations for the States under 
     subsection (h), to assist and encourage youth offenders to 
     acquire functional literacy, life, and job skills, through--
       ``(A) the pursuit of a postsecondary education certificate, 
     or an associate or bachelor's degree while in prison; and
       ``(B) employment counseling and other related services 
     which start during incarceration and end not later than 1 
     year after release from confinement; and
       ``(2) may establish such performance objectives and 
     reporting requirements for State correctional education 
     agencies receiving grants under this section as the Secretary 
     determines are necessary to assess the effectiveness of the 
     program under this section.
       ``(c) Application.--To be eligible for a grant under this 
     section, a State correctional education agency shall submit 
     to the Secretary a proposal for a youth offender program 
     that--
       ``(1) identifies the scope of the problem, including the 
     number of youth offenders in need of postsecondary education 
     and vocational training;
       ``(2) lists the accredited public or private educational 
     institution or institutions that will provide postsecondary 
     educational services;
       ``(3) lists the cooperating agencies, public and private, 
     or businesses that will provide related services, such as 
     counseling in the areas of career development, substance 
     abuse, health, and parenting skills;
       ``(4) describes specific performance objectives and 
     evaluation methods (in addition to, and consistent with, any 
     objectives established by the Secretary under subsection 
     (b)(2)) that the State correctional education agency will use 
     in carrying out its proposal, including--
       ``(A) specific and quantified student outcome measures that 
     are referenced to outcomes for non-program participants with 
     similar demographic characteristics; and
       ``(B) measures, consistent with the data elements and 
     definitions described in subsection (d)(1)(A), of--
       ``(i) program completion, including an explicit definition 
     of what constitutes a program completion within the proposal;
       ``(ii) knowledge and skill attainment, including 
     specification of instruments that will measure knowledge and 
     skill attainment;
       ``(iii) attainment of employment both prior to and 
     subsequent to release;
       ``(iv) success in employment indicated by job retention and 
     advancement; and
       ``(v) recidivism, including such subindicators as time 
     before subsequent offense and severity of offense;
       ``(5) describes how the proposed programs are to be 
     integrated with existing State correctional education 
     programs (such as adult education, graduate education degree 
     programs, and vocational training) and State industry 
     programs;
       ``(6) describes how the proposed programs will have 
     considered or will utilize technology to deliver the services 
     under this section; and
       ``(7) describes how students will be selected so that only 
     youth offenders eligible under subsection (e) will be 
     enrolled in postsecondary programs.
       ``(d) Program Requirements.--Each State correctional 
     education agency receiving a grant under this section shall--
       ``(1) annually report to the Secretary regarding--
       ``(A) the results of the evaluations conducted using data 
     elements and definitions provided by the Secretary for the 
     use of State correctional education programs;
       ``(B) any objectives or requirements established by the 
     Secretary pursuant to subsection (b)(2); and
       ``(C) the additional performance objectives and evaluation 
     methods contained in the proposal described in subsection 
     (c)(4), as necessary to document the attainment of project 
     performance objectives; and
       ``(2) expend on each participating eligible student for an 
     academic year, not more than the maximum Federal Pell Grant 
     funded under section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     for such academic year, which shall be used for--
       ``(A) tuition, books, and essential materials; and
       ``(B) related services such as career development, 
     substance abuse counseling, parenting skills training, and 
     health education.
       ``(e) Student Eligibility.--A youth offender shall be 
     eligible for participation in a program receiving a grant 
     under this section if the youth offender--
       ``(1) is eligible to be released within 5 years (including 
     a youth offender who is eligible for parole within such 
     time); and
       ``(2) is 35 years of age or younger.
       ``(f) Length of Participation.--A State correctional 
     education agency receiving a grant under this section shall 
     provide educational and related services to each 
     participating youth offender for a period not to exceed 5 
     years, 1 year of which may be devoted to study in a graduate 
     education degree program or to remedial education services 
     for students who have obtained a secondary school diploma or 
     its recognized equivalent. Educational and related services 
     shall start during the period of incarceration in prison or 
     prerelease, and the related services may continue for not 
     more than 1 year after release from confinement.

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       ``(g) Education Delivery Systems.--State correctional 
     education agencies and cooperating institutions shall, to the 
     extent practicable, use high-tech applications in developing 
     programs to meet the requirements and goals of this section.
       ``(h) Allocation of Funds.--From the funds appropriated 
     pursuant to subsection (i) for each fiscal year, the 
     Secretary shall allot to each State an amount that bears the 
     same relationship to such funds as the total number of 
     students eligible under subsection (e) in such State bears to 
     the total number of such students in all States.
       ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
     $30,000,000 for fiscal years 2007 and 2008.''.

     SEC. 118. IMPROVED REENTRY PROCEDURES FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS.

       (a) General Reentry Procedures.--The Department of Justice 
     shall take such steps as are necessary to modify existing 
     procedures and policies to enhance case planning and to 
     improve the transition of persons from the custody of the 
     Bureau of Prisons to the community, including placement of 
     such individuals in community corrections facilities.
       (b) Procedures Regarding Benefits.--
       (1) In general.--The Bureau of Prisons shall establish 
     reentry planning procedures within the Release Preparation 
     Program that include providing Federal inmates with 
     information in the following areas:
       (A) Health and nutrition.
       (B) Employment.
       (C) Personal finance and consumer skills.
       (D) Information and community resources.
       (E) Release requirements and procedures.
       (F) Personal growth and development.
       (2) Format.--Any written information that the Bureau of 
     Prisons provides to inmates for reentry planning purposes 
     shall use common terminology and language. The Bureau of 
     Prisons shall provide the United States Probation and 
     Pretrial Services System with relevant information on the 
     medical care needs and the mental health treatment needs of 
     releasing inmates. The United States Probation and Pretrial 
     Services System shall take this information into account when 
     developing supervision plans in an effort to address the 
     medical care and mental health care needs of these 
     individuals. The Bureau of Prisons shall provide inmates with 
     a sufficient amount of all necessary medications upon release 
     from custody.

     SEC. 119. REAUTHORIZATION OF LEARN AND SERVE AMERICA.

       Section 501(a)(1)(A) of the National and Community Service 
     Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
     ``fiscal year 1994 and such sums as may be necessary for each 
     of the fiscal years 1995 through 1996'' and inserting 
     ``fiscal year 2007 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal 
     years''.

     SEC. 120. JOB CORPS.

       Section 161 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
     U.S.C. 2901) is amended by striking ``such sums as may be 
     necessary'' and inserting ``$1,800,000,000 (of which 
     $300,000,000 shall be designated to create additional Job 
     Corps centers, especially in high gang activity areas)''.

     SEC. 121. WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT YOUTH ACTIVITIES.

       Section 137(a) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
     U.S.C. 2872(a)) is amended by striking ``such sums as may be 
     necessary'' and inserting ``$1,000,000''.

     SEC. 122. EXPANSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MENTORING 
                   INITIATIVE FOR SYSTEM INVOLVED YOUTH.

       (a) Expansion.--Section 261(a) of the Juvenile Justice and 
     Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 5665) is 
     amended by inserting at the end the following: ``The 
     Administrator shall expand the number of sites receiving such 
     grants from 4 to 12.''.
       (b) Reauthorization.--Section 12213(c) of the Juvenile 
     Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
     5671) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations for Part E.--There 
     are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part E, and 
     authorized to remain available until expended, $4,800,000 for 
     fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.''.

     SEC. 123. STRATEGIC COMMUNITY PLANNING PROGRAM.

       Section 30701 of the Violent Crime Control Act of 1994 (42 
     U.S.C. 13801) is amended by inserting the following:

     ``SEC. 30701. GRANT AUTHORITY.

       ``(a) Grants.--
       ``(1) In general.--In order to prevent gang activity by 
     juveniles, the Attorney General may award grants on a 
     competitive basis to eligible local entities to pay for the 
     Federal share of assisting eligible communities to develop 
     and carry out programs that target at-risk youth and juvenile 
     offenders aged 11 to 19, who--
       ``(A) have dropped out of school;
       ``(B) have come into contact with the juvenile justice 
     system; or
       ``(C) are at risk of dropping out of school or coming into 
     contact with the juvenile justice system.
       ``(2) Limitation.--No local entity shall receive a grant of 
     less than $250,000 in a fiscal year. Amounts made available 
     through such grants shall remain available until expended.
       ``(b) Program Requirements.--
       ``(1) Programs.--A local entity that receives funds under 
     this section shall develop or expand community programs in 
     eligible communities that are designed to target at-risk 
     youths and juvenile offenders through prevention, early 
     intervention, and graduated sanctions.
       ``(2) Optional activities.--A local entity that receives 
     funds under this section may develop a variety of programs to 
     serve the comprehensive needs of at-risk youth and juvenile 
     offenders, including--
       ``(A) homework assistance and after-school programs, 
     including educational, social, and athletic activities;
       ``(B) mentoring programs;
       ``(C) family counseling; and
       ``(D) parental training programs.
       ``(c) Eligible Community Identification.--The Attorney 
     General through regulation shall define the criteria 
     necessary to qualify as an eligible community as defined in 
     subsection (g)(3).
       ``(d) Grant Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
     under this section, a local entity shall--
       ``(1) identify an eligible community to be assisted;
       ``(2) develop a community planning process that includes--
       ``(A) parents and family members;
       ``(B) local school officials;
       ``(C) teachers employed at schools within the eligible 
     community;
       ``(D) local public officials;
       ``(E) law enforcement officers and officials;
       ``(F) ministers and faith-based organizations;
       ``(G) public housing authorities;
       ``(H) public housing resident organization members, where 
     applicable; and
       ``(I) public and private nonprofit organizations that 
     provide education, child protective services, or other human 
     services to low-income, at-risk youth and juvenile offenders, 
     and their families; and
       ``(3) develop a concentrated strategy for implementation of 
     the community planning process developed under paragraph (2) 
     that targets clusters of at-risk youth and juvenile offenders 
     in the eligible community.
       ``(e) Applications.--
       ``(1) Application required.--To be eligible to receive a 
     grant under this section, a local entity shall submit an 
     application to the Attorney General at such time, in such 
     manner, and accompanied by such information, as the Attorney 
     General may reasonably require, and obtain approval of such 
     application.
       ``(2) Contents of application.--Each application submitted 
     under paragraph (1) shall--
       ``(A) contain a comprehensive plan for the program that is 
     designed to improve the academic and social development of 
     at-risk youths and juvenile offenders in the eligible 
     community;
       ``(B) provide evidence of support for accomplishing the 
     objectives of such plan from--
       ``(i) community leaders;
       ``(ii) a school district;
       ``(iii) local officials; and
       ``(iv) other organizations that the local entity determines 
     to be appropriate;
       ``(C) provide an assurance that the local entity will use 
     grant funds received under this subsection to implement the 
     program requirements listed in subsection (b);
       ``(D) include an estimate of the number of children in the 
     eligible community expected to be served under the program;
       ``(E) provide an assurance that the local entity shall 
     prepare and submit to the Attorney General an annual report 
     regarding any program conducted under this section; and
       ``(F) provide an assurance that the local entity will 
     maintain separate accounting records for the program.
       ``(3) Priority.--In awarding grants to carry out programs 
     under this section, the Attorney General shall give priority 
     to local entities which submit applications that demonstrate 
     the greatest effort in generating local support for the 
     programs.
       ``(f) Federal Share.--
       ``(1) Payments.--The Attorney General shall, subject to the 
     availability of appropriations, pay to each local entity 
     having an application approved under subsection (e) the 
     Federal share of the costs of developing and carrying out 
     programs referred to in subsection (b).
       ``(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of such costs shall 
     be 70 percent.
       ``(3) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of such 
     costs may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including 
     personnel, plant, equipment, and services.
       ``(g) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
       ``(1) the term `Attorney General' means the Attorney 
     General of the United States;
       ``(2) the term `local entity' means--
       ``(A) a local educational agency, or
       ``(B) a community-based organization as defined in section 
     1471(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965;
       ``(3) the term `eligible community' means an area which 
     meets criteria with respect to significant poverty and 
     significant violent crime, and such additional criteria, as 
     the Attorney General may by regulation require.
       ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section--
       ``(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
       ``(2) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
       ``(3) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
       ``(4) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
       ``(5) $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.''.

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     SEC. 124. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE GANG RESISTANCE EDUCATION 
                   AND TRAINING PROJECTS PROGRAM AND INCREASE 
                   FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL YOUTH GANG SURVEY.

       Section 32401 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
     Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13921) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs (1) through 
     (6) and inserting the following:
       ``(A) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
       ``(B) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
       ``(C) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
       ``(D) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
       ``(E) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;''; and
       (2) adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Use of Funds.--Up to $1,000,000 annually of such 
     funds authorized under this Section shall be used to increase 
     the number of samples collected by the National Youth Gang 
     Center for its annual National Youth Gang Survey.''.

       TITLE II--SUPPRESSION AND COMMUNITY ANTI-GANG INITIATIVES

               Subtitle A--Gang Activity Policing Program

     SEC. 201. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GANG ACTIVITY POLICING GRANTS.

       The Attorney General may make grants to States, units of 
     local government, Indian tribal governments, other public and 
     private entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional 
     consortia thereof to increase police presence, to expand and 
     improve cooperative efforts between law enforcement agencies 
     and members of the community to address gang activity 
     problems, and otherwise to enhance public safety.

     SEC. 202. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

       Grants made under this subtitle may include programs, 
     projects, and other activities to--
       (1) rehire law enforcement officers who have been laid off 
     as a result of State and local budget reductions for 
     deployment to reduce gang activity;
       (2) hire and train new, additional career law enforcement 
     officers for deployment to reduce gang activity across the 
     Nation;
       (3) procure equipment, technology, or support systems, or 
     pay overtime, to increase the number of officers deployed in 
     gang activity policing;
       (4) award grants to pay for officers hired to perform 
     intelligence in reducing gang activity;
       (5) increase the number of law enforcement officers 
     involved in activities that are focused on interaction with 
     members of the community on proactive gang control and 
     prevention by redeploying officers to such activities;
       (6) establish and implement innovative programs to increase 
     and enhance proactive crime control and gang prevention 
     programs involving law enforcement officers and young persons 
     in the community;
       (7) establish school-based partnerships between local law 
     enforcement agencies and local school systems by using school 
     resource officers who operate in and around elementary and 
     secondary schools to combat gangs;
       (8) develop new technologies, including interoperable 
     communications technologies, modernized criminal record 
     technology, and forensic technology, to assist State and 
     local law enforcement agencies in reducing gang activity and 
     to train law enforcement officers to use such technologies; 
     and
       (9) support the purchase by a law enforcement agency of no 
     more than 1 service weapon per officer, upon hiring for 
     deployment in gang activity policing or, if necessary, upon 
     existing officers' initial redeployment to gang activity 
     policing.

     SEC. 203. PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR 
                   CERTAIN GRANTS.

       In awarding grants under this subtitle, the Attorney 
     General may give preferential consideration, where feasible, 
     to applications--
       (1) for hiring and rehiring additional career law 
     enforcement officers that involve a non-Federal contribution 
     exceeding the 25 percent minimum under this subtitle; and
       (2) that are located in a high intensity interstate gang 
     activity area designated pursuant to section 211.

     SEC. 204. UTILIZATION OF COMPONENTS.

       The Attorney General may utilize any component or 
     components of the Department of Justice in carrying out this 
     subtitle.

     SEC. 205. MINIMUM AMOUNT.

       Unless all applications submitted by any State and grantee 
     within the State pursuant to this subtitle have been funded, 
     each qualifying State, together with grantees within the 
     State, shall receive in each fiscal year pursuant to this 
     subtitle not less than 0.5 percent of the total amount 
     appropriated in the fiscal year for grants pursuant to that 
     section. In this section, ``qualifying State'' means any 
     State which has submitted an application for a grant, or in 
     which an eligible entity has submitted an application for a 
     grant, which meets the requirements prescribed by the 
     Attorney General and the conditions set out in this subtitle.

     SEC. 206. MATCHING FUNDS.

       The portion of the costs of a program, project, or activity 
     provided by this subtitle may not exceed 75 percent, unless 
     the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the 
     requirement under this section of a non-Federal contribution 
     to the costs of a program, project, or activity. In relation 
     to a grant for a period exceeding 1 year for hiring or 
     rehiring career law enforcement officers, the Federal share 
     shall decrease from year to year for up to 5 years, looking 
     toward the continuation of the increased hiring level using 
     State or local sources of funding following the conclusion of 
     Federal support.

     SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
     subtitle $700,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 
     through 2011. Any amount appropriated under this section 
     shall remain available until expended.

       Subtitle B--High Intensity Interstate Gang Activity Areas

     SEC. 211. DESIGNATION OF AND ASSISTANCE FOR ``HIGH 
                   INTENSITY'' INTERSTATE GANG ACTIVITY AREAS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section the following definitions 
     shall apply:
       (1) Governor.--The term ``Governor'' means a Governor of a 
     State or the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
       (2) High intensity interstate gang activity area.--The term 
     ``high intensity interstate gang activity area'' means an 
     area within a State that is designated as a high intensity 
     interstate gang activity area under subsection (b)(1).
       (3) State.--The term ``State'' means a State of the United 
     States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 
     territory, or possession of the United States. The term 
     ``State'' shall include an ``Indian tribe'', as defined by 
     section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act 
     of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a).
       (b) High Intensity Interstate Gang Activity Areas.--
       (1) Designation.--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.
       (2) Assistance.--In order to provide Federal assistance to 
     high intensity interstate gang activity areas, the Attorney 
     General shall--
       (A) 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;
       (B) 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
       (C) provide all necessary funding for the operation of the 
     criminal street gang enforcement team in each high intensity 
     interstate gang activity area.
       (3) Composition of criminal street gang enforcement team.--
     The team established pursuant to paragraph (2)(A) shall 
     consist of agents and officers, where feasible, from--
       (A) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
     Explosives;
       (B) the Department of Homeland Security;
       (C) the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
       (D) the Drug Enforcement Administration;
       (E) the Internal Revenue Service;
       (F) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
       (G) the United States Marshal's Service;
       (H) the United States Postal Service;
       (I) State and local law enforcement; and
       (J) Federal, State and local prosecutors.
       (4) Criteria for designation.--In considering an area for 
     designation as a high intensity interstate gang activity area 
     under this section, the Attorney General shall consider--
       (A) the current and predicted levels of gang crime activity 
     in the area;
       (B) 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;
       (C) the extent to which State and local law enforcement 
     agencies have committed resources to--
       (i) respond to the gang crime problem; and
       (ii) participate in a gang enforcement team;
       (D) 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
       (E) any other criteria that the Attorney General considers 
     to be appropriate.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 to 2011 to 
     carry out this section.
       (2) Use of funds.--Of amounts made available under 
     paragraph (1) in each fiscal year--
       (A) 50 percent shall be used to carry out subsection 
     (b)(2); and
       (B) 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.

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       (3) Reporting requirements.--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--
       (A) the specific long-term and short-term goals and 
     objectives;
       (B) the measurements used to evaluate the performance of 
     the high intensity interstate gang activity area in achieving 
     the long-term and short-term goals;
       (C) the age, composition, and membership of ``gangs'';
       (D) the number and nature of crimes committed by ``gangs''; 
     and
       (E) the definition of the term ``gang'' used to compile 
     this report.

                     Subtitle C--Additional Funding

     SEC. 221. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU 
                   OF INVESTIGATION TO INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE 
                   VIOLENT CRIMINAL STREET GANGS.

       (a) Responsibilities of Attorney General.--The Attorney 
     General is authorized to require the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation to--
       (1) increase funding for the Safe Streets Program; and
       (2) support the criminal street gang enforcement teams, 
     established under section 211(b), in designated high 
     intensity interstate gang activity areas.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--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 2007 
     through 2011 to carry out the Safe Streets Program.
       (2) Availability.--Any amounts appropriated pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.

     SEC. 222. GRANTS TO PROSECUTORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COMBAT 
                   VIOLENT CRIME AND TO PROTECT WITNESSES AND 
                   VICTIMS OF CRIMES.

       (a) In General.--Section 31702 of the Violent Crime Control 
     and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13862) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) to hire additional prosecutors to--
       ``(A) allow more cases to be prosecuted; and
       ``(B) reduce backlogs;
       ``(6) 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
       ``(7) to create and expand witness and victim protection 
     programs to prevent threats, intimidation, and retaliation 
     against victims of, and witnesses to, violent crimes.''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 31707 of the 
     Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 
     U.S.C. 13867) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 31707. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to 
     carry out this subtitle.
       ``(b) Use of Funds.--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.''.

     SEC. 223. ENHANCEMENT OF PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS 
                   INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE ENFORCEMENT OF CRIMINAL 
                   LAWS AGAINST VIOLENT GANGS.

       (a) In General.--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--
       (1) identify, investigate, and prosecute significant 
     criminal street gangs operating within their district;
       (2) coordinate the identification, investigation, and 
     prosecution of criminal street gangs among Federal, State, 
     and local law enforcement agencies; and
       (3) 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.
       (b) Additional Staff for Project Safe Neighborhoods.--
       (1) In general.--The Attorney General may hire Assistant 
     United States attorneys, non-attorney coordinators, or 
     paralegals to carry out the provisions of this section.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated $7,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 
     2007 through 2011 to carry out this section.

             TITLE III--PUNISHMENT AND IMPROVED CRIME DATA

     SEC. 301. CRIMINAL STREET GANGS.

       (a) Criminal Street Gang Prosecutions.--Section 521 of 
     title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 521. Criminal street gang prosecutions

       ``(a) Definitions.--As used in this chapter:
       ``(1) Criminal street gang.--The term `criminal street 
     gang' 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 Controlled Substances Act (21 
     U.S.C. 802)) 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.
       ``(2) Predicate gang crime.--The term `predicate gang 
     crime' means--
       ``(A) 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--
       ``(i) murder;
       ``(ii) manslaughter;
       ``(iii) maiming;
       ``(iv) assault with a dangerous weapon;
       ``(v) assault resulting in serious bodily injury;
       ``(vi) gambling;
       ``(vii) kidnapping;
       ``(viii) robbery;
       ``(ix) extortion;
       ``(x) arson;
       ``(xi) obstruction of justice;
       ``(xii) tampering with or retaliating against a witness, 
     victim, or informant;
       ``(xiii) burglary;
       ``(xiv) 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);
       ``(xv) carjacking; or
       ``(xvi) 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 Controlled Substances Act (21 
     U.S.C. 802));
       ``(B) any act punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 
     year under--
       ``(i) section 844 (relating to explosive materials);
       ``(ii) 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));
       ``(iii) subsection (a)(2), (b), (c), (g), or (h) of section 
     924 (relating to receipt, possession, and transfer of 
     firearms);
       ``(iv) sections 1028 and 1029 (relating to fraud and 
     related activity in connection with identification documents 
     or access devices);
       ``(v) section 1503 (relating to obstruction of justice);
       ``(vi) section 1510 (relating to obstruction of criminal 
     investigations);
       ``(vii) section 1512 (relating to tampering with a witness, 
     victim, or informant), or section 1513 (relating to 
     retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant);
       ``(viii) section 1708 (relating to theft of stolen mail 
     matter);
       ``(ix) section 1951 (relating to interference with 
     commerce, robbery or extortion);
       ``(x) section 1952 (relating to racketeering);
       ``(xi) section 1956 (relating to the laundering of monetary 
     instruments);
       ``(xii) section 1957 (relating to engaging in monetary 
     transactions in property derived from specified unlawful 
     activity);
       ``(xiii) section 1958 (relating to use of interstate 
     commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire); or
       ``(xiv) sections 2312 through 2315 (relating to interstate 
     transportation of stolen motor vehicles or stolen property); 
     or
       ``(C) any act involving the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act, 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).
       ``(3) State.--The term `State' means each of the several 
     States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and 
     any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
     States.
       ``(b) Participation in Criminal Street Gangs.--It shall be 
     unlawful--
       ``(1) to commit, or conspire or attempt to commit a 
     predicate crime--
       ``(A) in furtherance or in aid of the activities of a 
     criminal street gang;
       ``(B) for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining 
     or increasing position in such a gang; or
       ``(C) for the direct or indirect benefit of the criminal 
     street gang, or in association with the criminal street gang; 
     or
       ``(2) 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--
       ``(A) in furtherance or in aid of the activities of a 
     criminal street gang;

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       ``(B) for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining 
     or increasing position in such a gang; or
       ``(C) for the direct or indirect benefit or the criminal 
     street gang, or in association with the criminal street gang.
       ``(c) Penalties.--Whoever violates paragraph (1) or (2) of 
     subsection (b)--
       ``(1) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not 
     more than 30 years, or both; and
       ``(2) 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.
       ``(d) Forfeiture.--
       ``(1) In general.--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--
       ``(A) any property, real or personal, constituting or 
     traceable to gross proceeds obtained from such offense; and
       ``(B) any property used or intended to be used, in any 
     manner or part, to commit or to facilitate the commission of 
     such violation.
       ``(2) Criminal procedures.--The procedures set forth in 
     section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853), 
     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.
       ``(3) Civil procedures.--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.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 26 of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended to read as follows:

``521. Criminal street gang prosecutions.''.

     SEC. 302. VIOLENT CRIMES IN FURTHERANCE OR IN AID OF CRIMINAL 
                   STREET GANGS.

       (a) Violent Crimes and Criminal Street Gang Recruitment.--
     Chapter 26 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by 
     section 301, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 523. Violent crimes in furtherance or in aid of a 
       criminal street gang

       ``(a) 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--
       ``(1) for murder, by imprisonment for any term of years or 
     for life, a fine under this title, or both;
       ``(2) for kidnapping or sexual assault, by imprisonment for 
     any term of years or for life, a fine under this title, or 
     both;
       ``(3) for maiming, by imprisonment for any term of years or 
     for life, a fine under this title, or both;
       ``(4) 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;
       ``(5) for any other crime of violence, by imprisonment for 
     not more than 20 years, a fine under this title, or both;
       ``(6) 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;
       ``(7) 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
       ``(8) 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.
       ``(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `criminal 
     street gang' has the same meaning as in section 521 of this 
     title.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 26 of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:

``522. Recruitment of persons to participate in a criminal street gang.
``523. Violent crimes in furtherance of a criminal street gang.''.

     SEC. 303. INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN TRAVEL OR TRANSPORTATION IN 
                   AID OF RACKETEERING ENTERPRISES AND CRIMINAL 
                   STREET GANGS.

       Section 1952 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``and thereafter performs or attempts to 
     perform'' and inserting ``and thereafter performs, or 
     attempts or conspires to perform''; and
       (B) by striking ``5 years'' and inserting ``10 years'';
       (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 
     (c) and (d), respectively;
       (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
       ``(b) 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--
       ``(1) be fined under this title, imprisoned for any term of 
     years, or both; and
       ``(2) if death results, imprisoned for any term of years or 
     for life.''; and
       (4) in subsection (c)(2), as redesignated under 
     subparagraph (B), by inserting ``intimidation of, or 
     retaliation against, a witness, victim, juror, or 
     informant,'' after ``extortion, bribery,''.

     SEC. 304. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO VIOLENT CRIME IN AREAS OF 
                   EXCLUSIVE FEDERAL JURISDICTION.

       (a) Assault Within Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction of 
     United States.--Section 113(a)(3) of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``with intent to do bodily harm, 
     and without just cause or excuse,''.
       (b) Manslaughter.--Section 1112(b) of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended by--
       (1) striking ``ten years'' and inserting ``20 years''; and
       (2) striking ``six years'' and inserting ``10 years''.
       (c) Offenses Committed Within Indian Country.--Section 
     1153(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
     inserting ``an offense for which the maximum statutory term 
     of imprisonment under section 1363 is greater than 5 years,'' 
     after ``a felony under chapter 109A,''.
       (d) Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations.--
     Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, 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,'' after ``chargeable under 
     State law''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``section 1123 
     (relating to multiple interstate murder),'' after ``section 
     1084 (relating to the transmission of wagering 
     information),''.
       (e) Carjacking.--Section 2119 of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``, with the intent to cause 
     death or serious bodily harm''.
       (f) Clarification of Illegal Gun Transfers To Commit Drug 
     Trafficking Crime or Crimes of Violence.--Section 924(h) of 
     title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(h) Illegal Transfers.--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.''.
       (g) Amendment of Special Sentencing Provision.--Section 
     3582(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``chapter 95 (racketeering) or 96 
     (racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations) of this 
     title'' and inserting ``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),''; and
       (2) by inserting ``a criminal street gang or'' before ``an 
     illegal enterprise''.
       (h) Conforming Amendment Relating to Orders for 
     Restitution.--Section 3663(c)(4) of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``chapter 46 or chapter 96 of 
     this title'' and inserting ``section 521, under chapter 46 or 
     96,''.
       (i) Special Provision for Indian Country.--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.

     SEC. 305. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR USE OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE 
                   FACILITIES IN THE COMMISSION OF MURDER-FOR-HIRE 
                   AND OTHER FELONY CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.

       Section 1958 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking the header and inserting the following:

     ``Sec. 1958. Use of interstate commerce facilities in the 
       commission of murder-for-hire and other felony crimes of 
       violence'';

       (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``Whoever'' through 
     ``conspires to do so'' and inserting the following:
       ``(a) 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--''.

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       (3) striking ``ten'' and inserting ``20''; and
       (4) by striking ``twenty'' and inserting ``30''.

     SEC. 306. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR VIOLENT CRIMES IN AID OF 
                   RACKETEERING ACTIVITY.

       Section 1959(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``Whoever'' through ``punished'' and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(a) 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--''; and
       (2) by striking paragraphs (2) through (6) and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(2) for kidnapping or sexual assault, by imprisonment for 
     any term of years or for life, a fine under this title, or 
     both;
       ``(3) for maiming, by imprisonment for any term of years or 
     for life, a fine under this title, or both;
       ``(4) 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;
       ``(5) for threatening to commit a crime of violence, by 
     imprisonment for not more than 10 years, a fine under this 
     title, or both;
       ``(6) 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
       ``(7) 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.''.

     SEC. 307. VIOLENT CRIMES COMMITTED DURING AND IN RELATION TO 
                   A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME.

       (a) In General.--Part D of the Controlled Substances Act 
     (21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:


``VIOLENT CRIMES COMMITTED DURING AND IN RELATION TO A DRUG TRAFFICKING 
                                 CRIME

       ``Sec. 424.  (a) In General.--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--
       ``(1) in the case of murder, by imprisonment for any term 
     of years or for life, a fine under title 18, United States 
     Code, or both;
       ``(2) 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;
       ``(3) in the case of maiming, by imprisonment for any term 
     of years or for life, a fine under such title 18, or both;
       ``(4) 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;
       ``(5) 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;
       ``(6) 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;
       ``(7) 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
       ``(8) 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.
       ``(b) Venue.--A prosecution for a violation of this section 
     may be brought in--
       ``(1) the judicial district in which the murder or other 
     crime of violence occurred; or
       ``(2) any judicial district in which the drug trafficking 
     crime may be prosecuted.
       ``(c) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       ``(1) the term `crime of violence' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 16 of title 18, United States Code; and
       ``(2) the term `drug trafficking crime' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 924(c)(2) of title 18, United 
     States Code.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
     Controlled Substances Act is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 423, the following:

``Sec. 424. Violent crimes committed during and in relation to a drug 
              trafficking crime.''.

     SEC. 308. EXPANSION OF REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION AGAINST RELEASE 
                   OF PERSONS CHARGED WITH FIREARMS OFFENSES.

       Section 3142 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (e), in the matter following paragraph 
     (3)--
       (A) by inserting ``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,'' after ``that the person 
     committed''; and
       (B) by inserting ``or'' before ``the Maritime'';
       (2) in subsection (f)(1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(E) an offense under section 922(g); or''; and
       (3) in subsection (g), by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
     follows:
       ``(1) 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;''.

     SEC. 309. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR VIOLENT CRIME.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 214 of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 3297. Violent crime offenses

       ``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--
       ``(1) 10 years after the date on which the alleged 
     violation occurred;
       ``(2) 10 years after the date on which the continuing 
     offense was completed; or
       ``(3) 8 years after the date on which the alleged violation 
     was first discovered.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--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:

``3296. Violent crime offenses.''.

     SEC. 310. PREDICATE CRIMES FOR AUTHORIZATION OF INTERCEPTION 
                   OF WIRE, ORAL, AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS.

       Section 2516(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (q), by striking ``or'.'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (r) as paragraph (u); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (q) the following:
       ``(r) any violation of section 424 of the Controlled 
     Substances Act (relating to murder and other violent crimes 
     in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime);
       ``(s) any violation of 1123 of title 18, United States Code 
     (relating to multiple interstate murder);
       ``(t) any violation of section 521, 522, or 523 (relating 
     to criminal street gangs); or''.

     SEC. 311. CLARIFICATION TO HEARSAY EXCEPTION FOR FORFEITURE 
                   BY WRONGDOING.

       Rule 804(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Evidence is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(6) Forfeiture by wrongdoing. 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.''.

     SEC. 312. CLARIFICATION OF VENUE FOR RETALIATION AGAINST A 
                   WITNESS.

       Section 1513 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
     by--
       (1) redesignating subsection (e) beginning with ``Whoever 
     conspires'' as subsection (f); and
       (2) adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) 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.''.

     SEC. 313. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES RELATING TO 
                   CERTAIN GANG AND VIOLENT CRIMES.

       (a) Directive to the United States Sentencing Commission.--
     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.
       (b) Requirements.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Sentencing Commission shall--
       (1) establish new guidelines and policy statements, as 
     warranted, in order to implement new or revised criminal 
     offenses created under this title;
       (2) ensure that the sentencing guidelines and policy 
     statements reflect the serious nature of the offenses and the 
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     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;
       (3) consider the extent to which the guidelines and policy 
     statements adequately address--
       (A) whether the guideline offense levels and enhancements 
     for gang and violent crimes--
       (i) are sufficient to deter and punish such offenses; and
       (ii) are adequate in view of the statutory increases in 
     penalties contained in the Act; and
       (B) 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;
       (4) assure reasonable consistency with other relevant 
     directives and with other sentencing guidelines;
       (5) account for any additional aggravating or mitigating 
     circumstances that might justify exceptions to the generally 
     applicable sentencing ranges;
       (6) make any necessary conforming changes to the sentencing 
     guidelines; and
       (7) assure that the guidelines adequately meet the purposes 
     of sentencing under section 3553(a)(2) of title 18, United 
     States Code.

     SEC. 314. SOLICITATION OR RECRUITMENT OF PERSONS IN CRIMINAL 
                   STREET GANG ACTIVITY.

       Chapter 26 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 522. Recruitment of persons to participate in a 
       criminal street gang

       ``(a) Prohibited Acts.--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).
       ``(b) Definition.--In this section:
       ``(1) Criminal street gang.--The term `criminal street 
     gang' shall have the same meaning as in section 521(a) of 
     this title.
       ``(2) Minor.--The term `minor' means a person who is less 
     than 18 years of age.
       ``(c) Penalties.--Any person who violates subsection (a) 
     shall--
       ``(1) be imprisoned not more than 5 years, fined under this 
     title, or both; or
       ``(2) if the person recruited, solicited, induced, 
     commanded, or caused to participate or remain in a criminal 
     street gang is under the age of 18--
       ``(A) be imprisoned for not more than 10 years, fined under 
     this title, or both; and
       ``(B) 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.''.

     SEC. 315. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR CRIMINAL USE OF FIREARMS IN 
                   CRIMES OF VIOLENCE AND DRUG TRAFFICKING.

       (a) In General.--Section 924(c)(1)(A) of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``shall'' and inserting ``or conspires to 
     commit any of the above acts, shall, for each instance in 
     which the firearm is used, carried, or possessed'';
       (2) in clause (i), by striking ``5 years'' and inserting 
     ``7 years''; and
       (3) by striking clause (ii).
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 924 of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (4); and
       (2) by striking subsection (o).

     SEC. 316. POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY DANGEROUS FELONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 924(e) of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ``violates section 
     922(g) of this title'' and before ``and has three previous 
     convictions'' the following: ``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, in the case 
     of 1 such prior conviction, where a period of not more than 
     10 years has elapsed since the date of the 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; 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 the 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 in the case of an individual who''; and
       (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) As used in this subsection--
       ``(A) the term `serious drug offense' means--
       ``(i) an offense under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
     U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Controlled Substances Import and 
     Export Act (21 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), or the Maritime Drug Law 
     Enforcement Act (46 U.S.C. App. 1901 et seq.), punishable by 
     a maximum term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years; or
       ``(ii) 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 Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)), punishable 
     by a maximum term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years;
       ``(B) the term `violent felony' 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--
       ``(i) 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
       ``(ii) 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
       ``(C) the term `conviction' includes a finding that a 
     person has committed an act of juvenile delinquency involving 
     a violent felony.''.
       (b) Amendment to Sentencing Guidelines.--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).
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--The matter before paragraph (1) 
     in section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
     by inserting ``, transfer,'' after ``sell''.

     SEC. 317. STANDARDIZATION OF CRIME REPORTING.

       (a) Expanding Uniform Crime Reporting.--Section 7332(c) of 
     the Uniform Federal Crime Reporting Act of 1988 (28 U.S.C. 
     534 note) is amended by--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by--
       (A) inserting ``along with all municipality police 
     departments'' after ``which routinely investigate complaints 
     of criminal activity,''; and
       (B) adding at the end the following: ``The Attorney General 
     shall create a separate category in the Uniform Crime Reports 
     to distinguish crimes committed by juveniles.''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, officials of 
     municipalities,'' after ``State governments''.
       (b) Consolidating and Standardizing All Crime Data.--
     Section 150008 of the Violent Crime Control and law 
     Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14062) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by--
       (A) inserting ``, consolidate, and standardize all'' after 
     ``strategy to coordinate'';
       (B) inserting ``and crime (that would be included in the 
     Uniform Crime Reports) related'' after ``gang-related'';
       (C) striking ``and'' after ``shall acquire'' and inserting 
     ``, consolidate, and standardize all'' after ``shall acquire, 
     collect''; and
       (D) inserting ``and other crimes that would be included in 
     the Uniform Crime Reports'' after ``incidents of gang 
     violence'';
       (2) in subsection (c), by--
       (A) inserting ``the efforts and strategy of the Department 
     of Justice in consolidating and standardizing data on all 
     crime and'' after ``prepare a report on'';
       (B) striking ``violence'' after ``national gang'' and 
     inserting ``offenses''; and
       (C) striking ``1996'' after ``January 1,'' and inserting 
     ``2008''; and
       (3) in subsection (d), by--
       (A) striking ``$1,000,000'' after ``carry out this 
     section'' and substituting ``$2,000,000''; and
       (B) striking ``1996'' after ``fiscal year,'' and inserting 
     ``2007''.

     SEC. 318. PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FORENSIC EXAMINERS.

       Section 816 of the Uniting and Strengthening America by 
     Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and 
     Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (28 U.S.C. 509) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as (6) and inserting 
     after paragraph (4) the following:
       ``(5) to hire additional forensic examiners to help with 
     forensic work and to fight gang activity; and''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(1) Authorization.--There is hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated in each fiscal year $55,000,000 for purposes of 
     carrying out this section.''

     SEC. 319. STUDY ON EXPANDING FEDERAL AUTHORITY FOR JUVENILE 
                   OFFENDERS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 9 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the costs 
     and benefits associated with expanding Federal authority to 
     prosecute offenders under the age of 18 who are gang members 
     who commit criminal offenses.
       (b) Contents.--The report submitted under subsection (a) 
     shall--
       (1) examine the ability of the judicial systems of the 
     States to respond effectively to juveniles who are members of 
     `criminal street gangs', as defined under section 521 of 
     title 18, United States Code;
       (2) examine the extent to which offenders who are 16 and 17 
     years old are members of criminal street gangs, and are 
     accused of committing violent crimes and prosecuted in the 
     adult criminal justice systems of the individual States;
       (3) determine the percentage of crimes committed by members 
     of `criminal street

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     gangs' that are committed by offenders who are 16 and 17 
     years old;
       (4) examine the extent to which United States attorneys 
     currently bring criminal indictments and prosecute offenders 
     under the age of 18, and the extent to which United States 
     attorneys' offices include prosecutors with experience 
     prosecuting juveniles for adult criminal violations;
       (5) examine the extent to which the Bureau of Prisons 
     houses offenders under the age of 18, and has the ability and 
     experience to meet the needs of young offenders;
       (6) estimate the cost to the Federal Government of 
     prosecuting and incarcerating 16 and 17 year olds who are 
     members of criminal street gangs and are accused of violent 
     crimes; and
       (7) detail any benefits for Federal prosecutions that would 
     be realized by expanding Federal authority to bring charges 
     against 16 and 17 year olds who are members of criminal 
     street gangs and are accused of violent crimes.
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