HR 1279 · 109th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2005
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.(2005-05-12)
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Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to modify and expand prohibitions against criminal street gang activity, including forfeiture provisions. Revises penalties for: (1) interstate or foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises; (2) carjacking; (3) using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire and other felony crimes of violence; (4) violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity; (5) murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; (6) using interstate commerce facilities to commit multiple murder; and (7) the use of firearms in crimes of violence and drug trafficking. Amends: (1) the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to expand the definition of "racketeering activity" to cover interstate murder; and (2) the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize the use of community-based justice grants to hire additional prosecutors to reduce backlogs and to fund technology, equipment, and training for specified purposes, including to increase the accurate identification and successful pro…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1279, Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2005
May 5, 2005<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 20, 2005</p>
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 1279, Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2005
May 5, 2005Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 20, 2005
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (15)
2 Democrats13 Republicans