To give priority consideration to units of local government that provide gang affiliation information in reports to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of Byrne-JAG grants, and for other purposes.
This bill gives priority consideration for federal grant funding to local law enforcement agencies that report information about gang-related crimes to the FBI. Specifically, it amends the Byrne-JAG grant program, which provides federal money to state and local governments for criminal justice initiatives, to reward jurisdictions that include gang affiliation data in their crime reports to the FBI's National Gang Intelligence Center. The legislation targets cities and counties working to combat gang violence by creating an incentive for them to systematically track and report suspected gang-related offenses at the federal level. No specific funding amounts or timelines are included in the bill text. The measure is intended to improve federal gang crime data collection while encouraging local police departments to participate more actively in the FBI's gang intelligence efforts.
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