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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 8856

Introduced

Stop Gang Violence Act

Sponsor
RTim Moore· North Carolina
Introduced
May 15, 2026
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.May 15, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8856 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8856

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.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 15, 2026

Mr. Moore of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Haridopolos, and Mr. 
McCormick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

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.

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 ``Stop Gang Violence Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING ON GANG AFFILIATION.

Section 505(f) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10156(f)) is amended by inserting ``and 
jurisdictions that include, as part of such reporting to the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation (including the National Gang Intelligence 
Center), information on offenses that are suspected to be gang-
related'' before the period.
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