S. 456 - Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007

Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007

S. 456 — 110^th 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

• Ted Stevens
• Daniel Inouye
• Robert Menéndez
• Max Baucus
• Jeff Bingaman
• Edward Kennedy
• Maria Cantwell
• Barbara Boxer
• Joseph Biden
• Orrin Hatch
• John Kerry
• Norm Coleman
• Ken Salazar
• Mel Martinez
• Richard Durbin
• Barbara Mikulski
• Charles Schumer
• Herbert Kohl
• Arlen Specter
• Christopher Dodd
• Blanche Lincoln
• Jim Webb
• Pat Roberts
• Elizabeth Dole
• Jon Kyl
• Sherrod Brown
• Kay Hutchison
• Mark Pryor
• Hillary Clinton
• John Cornyn
• Daniel Akaka
• Joseph Lieberman
• Robert Casey
• Patty Murray
• Bill Nelson
• Lisa Murkowski
• Charles Hagel
• Mary Landrieu
• Pete Domenici
• Evan Bayh
• Jon Tester
• Tim Johnson
• John Warner
• Frank Lautenberg

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

• H.R. 1582 (110^th) : Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007
• H.R. 3547 (110^th) : Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act
• H.R. 3922 (110^th) : Gang Reduction, Investment, and Prevention Act

Major Actions

Introduced	1/31/2007
Referred to Committee
Amendments (1 proposed)
Passed Senate	9/21/2007

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
currently selected	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.	9/21/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 3022 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/21/2007	PASSED by voice vote

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	1/31/2007
		1/31/2007	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
		1/31/2007	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1434-1436)
		6/05/2007	Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-444.
	Put on a legislative calendar	6/14/2007	Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
		7/30/2007	Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
	Put on a legislative calendar	7/30/2007	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 290.
		9/21/2007	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
		9/21/2007	The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
currently selected	Senate Vote on Passage	9/21/2007	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
		9/21/2007	Amendment SA 3022 proposed by Senator Casey for Senator Feinstein.
select this vote	Vote	9/21/2007	Amendment SA 3022 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/24/2007	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
		9/24/2007	Referred 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.
		9/24/2007	Referred to House Judiciary
		9/24/2007	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
		9/24/2007	Referred to House Education and Labor
		9/24/2007	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
		9/24/2007	Received in the House.
		10/17/2007	Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status
select this vote	S. Amdt. 3022	Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]	September 21, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 20, 2007.
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