Gang Activity Reporting Act of 2025

“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.”