Community-Based Gang Intervention Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 11, 2013)
Community-Based Gang Intervention Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should acknowledge and address social conditions such as poverty, homelessness, inadequate educational systems, and limited economic opportunities in developing a comprehensive gang violence reduction strategy.
Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to: (1) require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to nonprofit community-based gang intervention agencies to provide services for reducing and stopping gang-related and gang-motivated violence and crime, (2) include representatives of community-based gang intervention agencies in juvenile justice and delinquency prevention advisory groups established by state plans, and (3) include community-based gang intervention and prevention activities in state and local grant programs for delinquency prevention.
What just happenedSep 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 11, 2013
- Sep 13, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Jul 11, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- Jul 11, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 11, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House