US HB1924 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: Introduced on April 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Pending: House Education And The Workforce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Community-Based Gang Intervention Act This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize grants to nonprofit community-based organizations for community-based gang intervention. It adds a definition for the term "community-based gang intervention." Additionally, the bill modifies the qualifications of State Advisory Group members to include representatives of community-based gang intervention agencies and to specify that a representative of a nonprofit organization includes a person with a special focus on community-based gang intervention. Finally, the bill adds, as a purpose area under the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs, providing community-based gang intervention and gang prevention activities to juveniles and their families.

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Title

Community-Based Gang Intervention Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-04-05HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2017-04-05HouseIntroduced in House

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