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S. 456 - Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007

Criminal justice. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
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Summary:
This bill would enact a number of reforms to reduce gang violence, including increasing funding for anti-gang programs and police technologies, stiffening penalties, and establishing new crimes. (by CRS) 
Status:
The bill was voted on in the Senate on September 20, 2007 
Amendments:
1 proposed amendment. 1 accepted. View amendments 
Senate Vote: On Passage

PASSED by voice vote on September 21, 2007.

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Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007

S. 456 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary
This bill would enact a number of reforms to reduce gang violence, including increasing funding for anti-gang programs and police technologies, stiffening penalties, and establishing new crimes. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill 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.
Other Titles
  • Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007
  • Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007
  • PRECAUTION Act
  • Prevention Resources for Eliminating Criminal Activity Using Tailored Interventions in Our Neighborhoods Act of 2007
  • Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007
  • PRECAUTION Act
  • Prevention Resources for Eliminating Criminal Activity Using Tailored Interventions in Our Neighborhoods Act of 2007
Sponsor
Dianne Feinstein
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Criminal justice
  • Administrative procedure
  • Budgets
  • Children
  • Communications
  • Conferences
  • Congress
  • Congressional reporting requirements
  • Conspiracy
  • Crime prevention
  • Criminal investigation
  • Criminal justice information
  • Criminal statistics
  • Criminology
  • Data banks
  • Department of Justice
  • Drug abuse
  • Drug law enforcement
  • Drug traffic
  • Education
  • Electronic surveillance
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Evidence (Law)
  • Executive departments
  • Extradition
  • Families
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  • Federal aid to law enforcement
  • Firearms
  • Gangs
  • Government information
  • Government publicity
  • Higher education
  • Homicide
  • Illegal aliens
  • Immigration
  • Indian law enforcement
  • Juvenile delinquency
  • Kidnapping
  • Law
  • Legal education
  • Limitation of actions
  • Minorities
  • Missing children
  • Murder
  • Organized crime
  • Prosecution
  • Public prosecutors
  • Public service advertising
  • Sentences (Criminal procedure)
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Social services
  • Student records
  • Technology
  • Terrorism
  • U.S. Sentencing Commission
  • Violence
  • Witnesses
  • Youth services
  • Youth violence
Related Bills
Major Actions
Introduced1/31/2007
Referred to Committee
Amendments (1 proposed)
Passed Senate9/21/2007
Bill History
Chamber/CommitteeMotionDateResult
currently selectedSenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.9/21/2007PASSED by voice vote
select this voteSenateAmendment SA 3022 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.9/21/2007PASSED by voice vote
ActionDateDescription
Introduced1/31/2007
1/31/2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1/31/2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1434-1436)
6/05/2007Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-444.
Put on a legislative calendar6/14/2007Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
7/30/2007Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Put on a legislative calendar7/30/2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 290.
9/21/2007Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
9/21/2007The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
currently selectedSenate Vote on Passage9/21/2007Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
9/21/2007Amendment SA 3022 proposed by Senator Casey for Senator Feinstein.
select this voteVote9/21/2007Amendment SA 3022 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
9/24/2007Message on Senate action sent to the House.
9/24/2007Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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.
9/24/2007Referred to House Judiciary
9/24/2007Referred to House Energy and Commerce
9/24/2007Referred to House Education and Labor
9/24/2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
9/24/2007Received in the House.
10/17/2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus
select this voteS. Amdt. 3022Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]September 21, 2007Passed by voice vote on September 20, 2007.

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Children's rights [About]
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Human Rights [About]
Welfare & Social Work (split) [About]
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$4,101
$8,691
$198
$4,843
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Organizations that took a position on
Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

6 organizations supported this bill

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
(n.d.). American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees; AFSCME's Position. Retrieved n.d., from .
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America
(n.d.). San Bernardino County Sun; "Gang Abatement and Prevention Act"; 6-15-07. Retrieved n.d., from .
National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations
(n.d.). Senate Committee on the Judiciary; 6-5-07. Retrieved n.d., from .
National Center for Victims of Crimes
(n.d.). San Bernardino County Sun; "Gang Abatement and Prevention Act"; 6-15-07. Retrieved n.d., from .
National District Attorneys Association
(n.d.). Senate Committee on the Judiciary; 6-5-07. Retrieved n.d., from .
Uhlich Children's Advantage Network
(n.d.). Senate Committee on the Judiciary; 6-5-07. Retrieved n.d., from .

2 organizations opposed this bill

Child Welfare League of America
(n.d.). Child Welfare League of America; Children's Monitor Online; "Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Gangs Legislation"; 6-11-07. Retrieved n.d., from .
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
(n.d.). Families Against Mandatory Minimums; "Unnecessarily harsh gang bill introduced in the Senate"; 6-8-07. Retrieved n.d., from .

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Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office on day of vote, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
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Contributions by Legislator

Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed		Vote
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$6,000$0Yes
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$5,416$0Yes
Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$0Yes
John BarrassoRWY$250$0Yes
Max BaucusDMT$24,900$0Yes
Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$10,300$0Yes
Bob BennettRUT$0$0Yes
Joe BidenDDE$2,500$0Yes
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$33,450$0Yes
Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$2,250$0Yes
Barbara BoxerDCA$44,750$0Yes
Sherrod BrownDOH$65,570$0Yes
Sam BrownbackRKS$3,250$0Yes
Jim BunningRKY$8,400$0Yes
Richard BurrRNC$9,200$0Yes
Robert ByrdDWV$10,500$0Yes
Maria CantwellDWA$4,550$0Yes
Ben CardinDMD$37,450$0Yes
Tom CarperDDE$10,200$0Yes
Bob CaseyDPA$95,200$0Yes
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$14,425$0Yes
Hillary ClintonDNY$73,336$0Yes
Tom CoburnROK$2,500$0Yes
William Thad CochranRMS$1,000$0Yes
Norm ColemanRMN$1,220$0Yes
Susan CollinsRME$1,500$0Yes
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$15,000$0Yes
Bob CorkerRTN$8,675$0Yes
John CornynRTX$14,100$0Yes
Larry CraigRID$0$0Yes
Mike CrapoRID$0$0Yes
Jim DeMintRSC$2,750$0Yes
Chris DoddDCT$18,000$0Yes
Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$7,470$0Yes
Pete DomeniciRNM$250$0Yes
Byron DorganDND$34,500$0Yes
Dick DurbinDIL$51,450$0Yes
John EnsignRNV$1,000$0Yes
Mike EnziRWY$0$0Yes
Russ FeingoldDWI$15,950$0Yes
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$16,200$0Yes
Lindsey GrahamRSC$3,000$0Yes
Chuck GrassleyRIA$760$0Yes
Judd GreggRNH$2,750$0Yes
Chuck HagelRNE$0$0Yes
Tom HarkinDIA$35,400$0Yes
Orrin HatchRUT$3,750$0Yes
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$12,100$0Yes
Jim InhofeROK$3,450$0Yes
Dan InouyeDHI$10,500$0Yes
Johnny IsaksonRGA$9,150$0Yes
Tim JohnsonDSD$27,769$0Yes
Ted KennedyDMA$28,900$0Yes
John KerryDMA$10,000$0Yes
Amy KlobucharDMN$57,621$0Yes
Herb KohlDWI$0$0Yes
Jon KylRAZ$7,320$0Yes
Mary LandrieuDLA$32,100$0Yes
Frank LautenbergDNJ$12,000$0Yes
Patrick LeahyDVT$5,450$0Yes
Carl LevinDMI$20,500$0Yes
Joe LiebermanICT$6,500$0Yes
Blanche LincolnDAR$40,000$0Yes
Chester Trent LottRMS$0$0Yes
Dick LugarRIN$5,000$0Yes
Mel MartinezRFL$2,650$0Yes
John McCainRAZ$1,400$0Yes
Claire McCaskillDMO$36,150$0Yes
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$23,345$0Yes
Bob MenéndezDNJ$43,000$0Yes
Barbara MikulskiDMD$26,500$0Yes
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$250$0Yes
Patty MurrayDWA$27,250$0Yes
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$10,000$0Yes
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$31,150$0Yes
Barack ObamaDIL$124,350$0Yes
Mark PryorDAR$24,650$0Yes
John "Jack" ReedDRI$20,500$0Yes
Harry ReidDNV$52,050$0Yes
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$5,850$0Yes
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$36,000$0Yes
Ken SalazarDCO$45,300$0Yes
Bernie SandersIVT$35,648$0Yes
Chuck SchumerDNY$6,850$0Yes
Jeff SessionsRAL$9,150$0Yes
Richard ShelbyRAL$5,000$0Yes
Gordon SmithROR$1,000$0Yes
Olympia SnoweRME$19,500$0Yes
Arlen SpecterDPA$36,300$0Yes
Debbie StabenowDMI$50,550$0Yes
Ted StevensRAK$250$0Yes
John SununuRNH$1,000$0Yes
Jon TesterDMT$31,950$0Yes
John ThuneRSD$2,500$0Yes
David VitterRLA$7,450$0Yes
George VoinovichROH$5,050$0Yes
John WarnerRVA$0$0Yes
Jim WebbDVA$36,050$0Yes
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$32,050$0Yes
Ron WydenDOR$5,250$0Yes

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NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed		Vote
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$6,000$0Yes
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$5,416$0Yes
Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$0Yes
John BarrassoRWY$250$0Yes
Max BaucusDMT$24,900$0Yes
Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$10,300$0Yes
Bob BennettRUT$0$0Yes
Joe BidenDDE$2,500$0Yes
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$33,450$0Yes
Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$2,250$0Yes
Barbara BoxerDCA$44,750$0Yes
Sherrod BrownDOH$65,570$0Yes
Sam BrownbackRKS$3,250$0Yes
Jim BunningRKY$8,400$0Yes
Richard BurrRNC$9,200$0Yes
Robert ByrdDWV$10,500$0Yes
Maria CantwellDWA$4,550$0Yes
Ben CardinDMD$37,450$0Yes
Tom CarperDDE$10,200$0Yes
Bob CaseyDPA$95,200$0Yes
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$14,425$0Yes
Hillary ClintonDNY$73,336$0Yes
Tom CoburnROK$2,500$0Yes
William Thad CochranRMS$1,000$0Yes
Norm ColemanRMN$1,220$0Yes
Susan CollinsRME$1,500$0Yes
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$15,000$0Yes
Bob CorkerRTN$8,675$0Yes
John CornynRTX$14,100$0Yes
Larry CraigRID$0$0Yes
Mike CrapoRID$0$0Yes
Jim DeMintRSC$2,750$0Yes
Chris DoddDCT$18,000$0Yes
Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$7,470$0Yes
Pete DomeniciRNM$250$0Yes
Byron DorganDND$34,500$0Yes
Dick DurbinDIL$51,450$0Yes
John EnsignRNV$1,000$0Yes
Mike EnziRWY$0$0Yes
Russ FeingoldDWI$15,950$0Yes
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$16,200$0Yes
Lindsey GrahamRSC$3,000$0Yes
Chuck GrassleyRIA$760$0Yes
Judd GreggRNH$2,750$0Yes
Chuck HagelRNE$0$0Yes
Tom HarkinDIA$35,400$0Yes
Orrin HatchRUT$3,750$0Yes
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$12,100$0Yes
Jim InhofeROK$3,450$0Yes
Dan InouyeDHI$10,500$0Yes
Johnny IsaksonRGA$9,150$0Yes
Tim JohnsonDSD$27,769$0Yes
Ted KennedyDMA$28,900$0Yes
John KerryDMA$10,000$0Yes
Amy KlobucharDMN$57,621$0Yes
Herb KohlDWI$0$0Yes
Jon KylRAZ$7,320$0Yes
Mary LandrieuDLA$32,100$0Yes
Frank LautenbergDNJ$12,000$0Yes
Patrick LeahyDVT$5,450$0Yes
Carl LevinDMI$20,500$0Yes
Joe LiebermanICT$6,500$0Yes
Blanche LincolnDAR$40,000$0Yes
Chester Trent LottRMS$0$0Yes
Dick LugarRIN$5,000$0Yes
Mel MartinezRFL$2,650$0Yes
John McCainRAZ$1,400$0Yes
Claire McCaskillDMO$36,150$0Yes
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$23,345$0Yes
Bob MenéndezDNJ$43,000$0Yes
Barbara MikulskiDMD$26,500$0Yes
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$250$0Yes
Patty MurrayDWA$27,250$0Yes
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$10,000$0Yes
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$31,150$0Yes
Barack ObamaDIL$124,350$0Yes
Mark PryorDAR$24,650$0Yes
John "Jack" ReedDRI$20,500$0Yes
Harry ReidDNV$52,050$0Yes
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$5,850$0Yes
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$36,000$0Yes
Ken SalazarDCO$45,300$0Yes
Bernie SandersIVT$35,648$0Yes
Chuck SchumerDNY$6,850$0Yes
Jeff SessionsRAL$9,150$0Yes
Richard ShelbyRAL$5,000$0Yes
Gordon SmithROR$1,000$0Yes
Olympia SnoweRME$19,500$0Yes
Arlen SpecterDPA$36,300$0Yes
Debbie StabenowDMI$50,550$0Yes
Ted StevensRAK$250$0Yes
John SununuRNH$1,000$0Yes
Jon TesterDMT$31,950$0Yes
John ThuneRSD$2,500$0Yes
David VitterRLA$7,450$0Yes
George VoinovichROH$5,050$0Yes
John WarnerRVA$0$0Yes
Jim WebbDVA$36,050$0Yes
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$32,050$0Yes
Ron WydenDOR$5,250$0Yes

Interest Groups that supported this bill

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$ Donated
Children's rights$869,145
Welfare & Social Work$530,955
State & local govt employee unions$484,348
Courts & Justice System$410,132
Human Rights$19,800

Interest Groups that opposed this bill

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$ Donated
Welfare & Social Work$530,955
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