,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbch  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ba1     
#bjbj,mrs4 ,loeffler 7for herself1 ,mrs4
 ,blackburn1 and ,mr4 ,cotton7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend title #ah1 ,united ,states    
,code1 relating to criminal street      
gangs1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,cracking ,down on ,gangs and       
,deporting ,criminals ,act of #bjbj4    
#b4 ,criminal street gangs ,section #eba
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b71 by   
striking the circumstances and inserting
 a circumstance2  7#b7 in subsection    
7c7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#c71 by        
striking and at the end2  7,b7 by       
redesignating paragraph 7#d7 as         
paragraph 7#e72  7,c7 by inserting after
 paragraph 7#c7 the following3  7#d7 an 
offense under section #aifb2 and  2 and 

7,d7 in paragraph 7#e71 as so           
redesignated1 by striking or 7#c7 and   
inserting 7#c71 or 7#d72  7#c7 in       
subsection 7d7-- 7,a7 by striking       
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7 and inserting  
the following3  7#a7 7,a7 participates  
in a criminal street gang with knowledge
 that its members engage in or have     
engaged in a continuing series of       
offenses described in subsection 7c72   
7,b7 intends to promote or further the  
felonious activities of the criminal    
street gang or maintain or increase his 
or her position in the gang2  7,c7      
intends to acquire or maintain1 directly
 or indirectly1 through illegal activity
 by or on behalf of a criminal street   
gang1 or proceeds derived therefrom any 
interest in or control of any real or   
personal property of any nature1        
including money2  7,d7 occupies a       
position of organizer1 supervisory      
position1 or any other position of      
management or leadership with regard to 
a criminal street gang2  7,e7 intends to

 cause1 encourage1 solicit1 recruit1 or 
coerce another to become a member or    
associate of a criminal street gang1 to 
participate in a criminal street gang2  
7,f7 communicates1 directly or          
indirectly1 with another person any     
threat of injury or damage to the person
 or property of the other person or of  
any associate or relative of the other  
person with the intent to deter such    
person from assisting a member or       
associate of a criminal street gang to  
withdraw from such criminal street gang2
  7,g7 communicates1 directly or        
indirectly1 with another person any     
threat of injury or damage to the person
 or property of the other person or of  
any associate or relative of the other  
person with the intent to punish or     
retaliate against such person for having
 withdrawn from a criminal street gang2 
7,h7 communicates1 directly or          
indirectly1 with another person any     
threat of injury or damage to the person
 or property of the other person or of  

any associate or relative of the other  
person with the intent to punish or     
retaliate against such person for       
refusing to or encouraging another to   
refuse to become or obtain the status of
 a member or associate of a criminal    
street gang2  7,i7 communicates1        
directly or indirectly1 with another    
person any threat of injury or damage to
 the person or property of the other    
person or of any associate or relative  
of the other person with the intent to  
punish or retaliate against such person 
for providing statements or testimony   
against criminal street gangs or any    
criminal street gang member or          
associate2 or  7,j7 communicates1       
directly or indirectly1 with another    
person any threat of injury or damage to
 the person or property of the other    
person or of any associate or relative  
of the other person with the intent to  
intimidate1 deter1 or prevent such      
person from communicating to any law    
enforcement or corrections officer1     

prosecuting attorney1 or judge          
information relating to criminal street 
gangs1 or criminal street gang members  
or associates2 and  2 and  7,b7 by      
redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as         
paragraph 7#b72 and  7#d7 by adding at  
the end the following3  7e7 ,criminal   
street gang database  7#a7 ,in general  
,the ,attorney ,general shall establish 
and maintain a national criminal street 
gang database to facilitate the exchange
 of information between ,federal1       
,state1 and local law enforcement       
agencies1 prosecution and corrections   
agencies1 offices1 and departments4     
7#b7 ,reporting of criminal street gang 
data ,each ,state and unit of local     
government that receives ,federal funds 
under subpart #a of part ,e of title ,i 
of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and     
,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd       
,u4,s4,c4 #ajaea et seq47 shall submit  
to the ,attorney ,general such          
information relating to criminal street 
gangs as the ,attorney ,general may     

require to be included in the criminal  
street gang database established under  
paragraph 7#a74  7f7 ,aliens associated 
with criminal gangs ,if the sentence of 
an alien is enhanced under this section1
 or the sentence is eligible for        
enhancement regardless of whether such  
enhancement is actually applied or      
sought1 the ,attorney ,general shall    
report such sentence enhancement to the 
,department of ,homeland ,security1 and 
the alien shall be subject to removal in
 accordance with section #bda of the    
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #abca74  7g7 ,reporting ,not  
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of the ,cracking ,down on     
,gangs and ,deporting ,criminals ,act of
 #bjbj1 and each year thereafter1 each  
,united ,states ,attorney shall submit  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary of  
the ,senate and the ,committee on the   
,judiciary of the ,house of             
,representatives a report detailing     
the-- 7#a7 number of cases for which a  

sentence enhancement was sought under   
this section2 and  7#b7 the actual      
sentences imposed in the cases described
 in paragraph 7#a74  4