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To provide definitions of terms and services related to community-based gang intervention to ensure that funding for such intervention is utilized in a cost-effective manner and that community-based agencies are held accountable for providing holistic, integrated intervention services, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-1924| House 
| Updated: 4/5/2017
Tony Cárdenas

Tony Cárdenas

Democratic Representative

California

Cosponsors (17)
Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Karen Bass (Democratic)David Scott (Democratic)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Community-Based Gang Intervention Act This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize grants to nonprofit community-based organizations for community-based gang intervention. It adds a definition for the term "community-based gang intervention." Additionally, the bill modifies the qualifications of State Advisory Group members to include representatives of community-based gang intervention agencies and to specify that a representative of a nonprofit organization includes a person with a special focus on community-based gang intervention. Finally, the bill adds, as a purpose area under the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs, providing community-based gang intervention and gang prevention activities to juveniles and their families.
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Timeline
Apr 5, 2017
Introduced in House
Apr 5, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  • April 5, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • April 5, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Crime and Law Enforcement

Advisory bodiesCrime preventionJuvenile crime and gang violenceLaw enforcement administration and fundingViolent crime

To provide definitions of terms and services related to community-based gang intervention to ensure that funding for such intervention is utilized in a cost-effective manner and that community-based agencies are held accountable for providing holistic, integrated intervention services, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-1924| House 
| Updated: 4/5/2017
Community-Based Gang Intervention Act This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize grants to nonprofit community-based organizations for community-based gang intervention. It adds a definition for the term "community-based gang intervention." Additionally, the bill modifies the qualifications of State Advisory Group members to include representatives of community-based gang intervention agencies and to specify that a representative of a nonprofit organization includes a person with a special focus on community-based gang intervention. Finally, the bill adds, as a purpose area under the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs, providing community-based gang intervention and gang prevention activities to juveniles and their families.
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Timeline
Apr 5, 2017
Introduced in House
Apr 5, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  • April 5, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • April 5, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Tony Cárdenas

Tony Cárdenas

Democratic Representative

California

Cosponsors (17)
Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Karen Bass (Democratic)David Scott (Democratic)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

Crime and Law Enforcement

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advisory bodiesCrime preventionJuvenile crime and gang violenceLaw enforcement administration and fundingViolent crime