HR8856Referred to Committee

Stop Gang Violence Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-05-15
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6
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Tim Moore
Tim Moore
Republican · NC · Representative
Votes with party: 98.2% (552 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-05-15

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Plain-English Summary

The federal government would prioritize giving crime-fighting grants to local police departments and sheriffs' offices that share information about gang affiliations with the FBI. This means cities and counties that report gang-related data would have a better chance of receiving federal funding to support law enforcement activities. The change aims to encourage information-sharing between local police and federal authorities to help combat gang violence.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8856 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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. <all>
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