Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act

To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes.

9/17/2007--Introduced.
Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act - Amends the federal criminal code to define "criminal street gang" and "gang crime" and to prohibit:
(1) the commission of, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit, a gang crime to more... further the activities of a criminal street gang; and
(2) the recruitment of another person to join a criminal street gang.
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose criminal penalties for murder and other violent crimes committed in the course of a drug trafficking offense.
Increases criminal penalties for possession of firearms by repeat criminal offenders. Prohibits the possession of firearms by individuals convicted of a gang-related misdemeanor or in contempt of a gang injunction order.
Authorizes the Attorney General to deny the transfer of a firearm or a firearm permit to individuals who may use firearms for terrorist activities.
Authorizes the Attorney General to:
(1) designate certain areas in states as high intensity interstate gang activity areas and provide assistance to such areas;
(2) expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program to require U.S. attorneys to identify, investigate, and prosecute criminal street gangs operating in their districts;
(3) expand the Safe Streets Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to support criminal street gang enforcement teams; and
(4) make grants to states to prevent abductions of children by family members.
Establishes a grant program in the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) for crime prevention, research, and intervention services designed for gang members and at-risk youth.
Establishes in the U.S. Marshals Service a Short-Term State Witness Protection Section to provide protection for witnesses in state and local trials involving homicide or other violent crimes. Expands the federal witness relocation and protection program to include protection for witnesses against criminal street gangs.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants for juvenile offender reintegration projects and for employment programs for young adult gang members to reduce recidivism and promote long-term employability.

Sponsor

• Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
• and 32 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Michael Arcuri [D, NY-24]
  • Rep. Melissa Bean [D, IL-8]
  • Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2]
  • Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]
  • Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
  • Rep. Ken Calvert [R, CA-44]
  • Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D, CA-18]
  • Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-20]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Artur Davis [D, AL-7]
  • Rep. Philip English [R, PA-3]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Elton Gallegly [R, CA-24]
  • Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
  • Rep. Darrell Issa [R, CA-49]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Nicholas Lampson [D, TX-22]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R, WA-5]
  • Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
  • Rep. Harry Mitchell [D, AZ-5]
  • Rep. Patrick Murphy [D, PA-8]
  • Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
  • Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
  • Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27]
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
  • Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
  • Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
• 2 more
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3547

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
September 17, 2007

Related Bills:

• S.456
• H.R.1582
• H.R.3922

Related Issue Areas:

• Youth services
• Youth employment
• Witnesses
• Violence
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• Relocation
• Rehabilitation of criminals
• Recidivists
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• Murder
• Licenses
• Law
• Labor
• Kidnapping
• Juvenile delinquency
• Injunctions
• Homicide
• Gangs
• Firearms control
• Firearms
• Fines (Penalties)
• Federal aid to law enforcement
• Families
• Executive reorganization
• Executive departments
• Ex-offenders
• Drug traffic
• Drug abuse
• Department of Justice
• Criminal investigation
• Crime prevention
• Contempt of court
• Conspiracy
• Children
• Budgets
• Criminal justice

In the News

November 15, 2007 just getting tough

... intervention and suppression act of 2007 pending in the house (hr 3547) has already passed the senate by voice vote and is expected to be approved by ...

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September 20, 2007 Committee to fight violence

Also on Monday, Pasadena Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff introduced the Gang Prevention, Intervention and Suppression Act (HR 3547), which aims to put $1 ...

Source: Pasadena Weekly, CA
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November 01, 2007 The MS-13 and 18th Street Gangs: Emerging Transnational Gang Threats?

Such legislation includes HR 880, HR 1582, HR 1645, HR 2954, HR 3150, HR 3156, HR 3547, S. 330, S. 456, S. 990, S. 1348, and S. 1860. This report will be updated as legislative activity warrants.

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September 20, 2007 Committee to fight violence

Also on Monday, Pasadena Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff introduced the Gang Prevention, Intervention and Suppression Act (HR 3547), which aims to put $1 ...

Source: Congressman Schiff - 29th District California
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September 16, 2007 HR 3547, The Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act

HR 3547 would increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, it would deter and punish violent gang crime, it would protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent ...

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