HR 2669 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Community-Based Gang Intervention Act

Introduced Jul 11, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Tony Cárdenas D-CA

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Latest action · Sep 13, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJul 11, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 11, 2013 to Sep 30, 2013; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-CAJanice HahnOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-FLJoe GarciaOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-CAKaren BassOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-NMMichelle Lujan GrishamOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-MNRichard M. NolanOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJul 11, 2013
D-PAMatt CartwrightSep 30, 2013
D-CARaul RuizSep 30, 2013

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jul 11, 2013
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
Referred Sep 13, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 13, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. Jul 11, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Jul 11, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4484.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 113-9KEEPING COLLEGE WITHIN REACH: EXAMINING OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PROGRAMS86 pagesEducation and Workforce CommitteeMar 13, 2013

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
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.
Short Titles as Introduced
Community-Based Gang Intervention Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 11, 2013Introduced in House

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