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H.R.4743 / 117th Congress

Community-Based Gang Intervention Act

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 28, 2021

Community-Based Gang Intervention Act This bill extends federal support for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention efforts to programs and activities involving community-based gang intervention. First, the bill authorizes community-based gang intervention grants for nonprofit community-based organizations to reduce and stop gang-related and gang-motivated violence and crime. Second, the bill modifies the qualifications of representatives of state advisory groups to specify that (1) a representative of a public agency includes an individual from a public agency concerned with community-based gang intervention, and (2) a representative of a nonprofit organization includes a person with a special focus on community-based gang intervention. Third, the bill adds, as a purpose area under the Incentive Youth Promise Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs, providing community-based gang intervention and gang prevention activities to juveniles and their families.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] · D–CA

Committees

  • Education and Workforce Committee
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  1. Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Introduced in House

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