US Congress House Bill 2669 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: Introduced on July 11 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-09-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Community-Based Gang Intervention Act

Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-09-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2013-07-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2669/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2669/BILLS-113hr2669ih.pdf