H.R. 6748

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6748 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6748

To amend title 28, United States Code, to require the Attorney General 
to submit an annual report to Congress on gang activity, reporting, 
investigation, and prosecution, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 16, 2025

Mrs. Hinson (for herself and Ms. Kaptur) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend title 28, United States Code, to require the Attorney General 
to submit an annual report to Congress on gang activity, reporting, 
investigation, and prosecution, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Gang Activity Reporting Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States is experiencing an unprecedented 
surge in violent crime, including an increase of more than 30 
percent in the rate of murders since 2020.
(2) The most recent Department of Justice data regarding 
gangs and criminal activity, published in the 2011 National 
Gang Threat Assessment, indicated that gangs were responsible 
for an average of 48 percent of violent crime in the United 
States.
(3) Up-to-date, accurate, and consistent reporting from the 
relevant Federal agencies relating to gang activity in the 
United States is a foundational element in enabling 
policymakers to enact effective, evidence-based policy that 
protects the people of the United States from gang activity.

SEC. 3. GANG REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

(a) In General.--Chapter 31 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 530E. Report on gang activity, reporting, investigation, and 
prosecution
``(a) Report.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 150 days after the date 
of enactment of the Gang Activity Reporting Act of 2025, and 
not later than the last day of each fiscal year beginning after 
the date of enactment, the Attorney General shall, in 
conjunction with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and in 
coordination with State and local law enforcement agencies, 
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives a report on gang activity, reporting, 
investigation, and prosecution.
``(2) Contents.--The report described in paragraph (1) 
shall include information relating to--
``(A) the growth of local, national, and 
transnational gangs during the 10-fiscal-year period 
preceding the date on which the report is submitted 
(referred to in this section as the `submission 
date')--
``(i) with specific numerical data;
``(ii) including changes and trends in gang 
membership, location, and activities and 
enterprises; and
``(iii) including relevant data from State 
and local law enforcement agencies;
``(B) the tools, methods, or networks that gangs 
are using to commit certain crimes, including--
``(i) the extent to which gangs cooperate; 
and
``(ii) an assessment of the kinds of crimes 
on which gangs cooperate;
``(C) whether and to what extent State-based 
reporting issues affect Federal data collection and 
accuracy;
``(D) the initiatives the Department of Justice, 
Department of Homeland Security, and Federal Bureau of 
Investigation undertook during the 5-fiscal-year period 
preceding the submission date to track gang growth and 
gang activity and to investigate and prosecute related 
unlawful activity, including--
``(i) the date on which each initiative was 
undertaken; and
``(ii) if applicable, the date on which 
each initiative was ended, with a detailed 
explanation as to why the initiative was ended;
``(E) the Federal resources allocated by each 
agency described in subparagraph (D) to investigating, 
prosecuting, and containing gangs as of the submission 
date;
``(F) gang enforcement statistics from the last 
fiscal year ending before the submission date, 
including the quantity, changes, and trends in--
``(i) gang-related arrests, including 
comparisons to gang-related arrests during the 
5-fiscal-year period preceding the applicable 
fiscal year;
``(ii) the number of juveniles arrested as 
a result of gang-related activity;
``(iii) the number of firearms seized by 
law enforcement agencies during gang 
enforcement operations, including the number of 
firearms seized from juveniles; and
``(iv) the amount in weight of fentanyl, 
methamphetamine, and other synthetic opioids 
seized by law enforcement agencies during gang 
enforcement operations, including the amount of 
fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other synthetic 
opioids seized from juveniles;
``(G) the data collection procedures utilized by 
each agency described in subparagraph (D); and
``(H) any changes to data collection procedures of 
an agency described in subparagraph (D) during the 18-
month period preceding the submission date, including 
explanations as to why any procedures were changed.
``(b) Classification.--The report submitted under subsection (a), 
or a portion thereof, may be classified, as determined appropriate by 
the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.''.
(b) Technical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 31 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``530E. Report on gang activity, reporting, investigation, and 
prosecution.''.
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