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10/22/2007--Introduced.<br/>Gang Reduction, Investment, and Prevention Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) designate and provide assistance to high-intensity gang activity areas in specified states and localities; (2) make grants to develop community-based programs for gang members and high-risk youth; (3) expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; (4) expand the Safe Streets Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to support criminal street gang enforcement teams; and (5) make grants for demonstration projects to carry out innovative approaches to combat gang activity.<br/>Directs the Attorney General to establish a National Gang Activity Database to provide information to law enforcement agencies about criminal street gangs.<br/>Directs the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a National Gang Research, Evaluation, and Policy Institute to implement programs to combat gang violence, including conducting a national conference to teach and promote gang violence prevention, intervention, and reentry strategies and establishing one or more gang intervention academies to promote effective gang intervention and policing.<br/>Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize grants to assist prosecutors and law enforcement officers in investigating and prosecuting gang members and violent offenders.<br/>Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to expand the number of sites receiving juvenile delinquency reduction grants from 4 to 12. Extends funding for the Mentoring Initiative for System Involved Youth Program through FY2013.<br/>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 major violent crimes. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to prosecutor's offices to identify witnesses in need of protection.

1195016400 2007-11-14 Fri Nov 07 02:21:24 -0600 2008 introduced 46925 'gang':6 'feder':5 'expand':2 'improv':4 'prevent':7 'program':8 53684 false official introduced 46925 'act':6 'gang':1 'invest':3 'reduct':2 'prevent':5 54606 false short action 46925 1195016400 Wed Nov 14 00:00:00 -0600 2007 138239 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. B001260 1516 Longworth House Office Building http://buchanan.house.gov/contact.shtml 13 202-226-0828 Vern 'r':4 'fl':5 '-13':6 'rep':1 'vern':2,7,9 'buchanan':3,8,10 M 412196 Buchanan Vernon_Buchanan Rep. Vern Buchanan [R, FL-13] N00027626 6459 Republican 202-225-5015 FL Vern Buchanan 5.375 http://buchanan.house.gov/ K000361 1964-09-05 Ric 'ric':1,3,5 'keller':2,4,6 M 400212 Keller Ric_Keller Ric Keller N00009614 5198 Republican Ric Keller action 46925 1195016400 Wed Nov 14 00:00:00 -0600 2007 138239 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. action 46925 1193976000 Fri Nov 02 00:00:00 -0500 2007 143558 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. action 46925 1193025600 Mon Oct 22 00:00:00 -0500 2007 134351 Referred to House Education and Labor introduced 46925 1193025600 Mon Oct 22 00:00:00 -0500 2007 134348 action 46925 1193025600 Mon Oct 22 00:00:00 -0500 2007 134349 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. action 46925 1193025600 Mon Oct 22 00:00:00 -0500 2007 134350 Referred to House Judiciary