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The bill improves national and intergovernmental understanding of gang activity through standardized, regular reporting—boosting law-enforcement coordination and oversight—while raising meaningful risks of increased enforcement emphasis, civil‑liberty tradeoffs, costs to local agencies, and privacy or stigmatization for youth and vulnerable communities.
Law enforcement (federal, state, and local) and policymakers will receive standardized, regular data on gang trends, improving coordination, targeting of criminal networks, and the effectiveness of public-safety responses.
Public officials, Congress, and taxpayers will get more transparent annual reporting on gang-related seizures and juvenile involvement, supporting informed policy, funding decisions, and oversight of DOJ/DHS/FBI initiatives.
State and local governments will have identified gaps and inconsistencies in current data collection, improving the accuracy of federal crime statistics and enabling better-targeted allocation of resources.
Low-income individuals and communities may see funding shifted toward enforcement rather than prevention or social services if the findings emphasize gangs as the primary driver of violent crime.
Racial and ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and communities could face expanded surveillance and enforcement actions justified by the findings, producing civil‑liberties tradeoffs.
State and local agencies and law enforcement will incur administrative burdens and costs to compile multi-year, standardized, and juvenile-level data required by the reporting mandates.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Requires DOJ, DHS, and FBI to produce an annual report on 10-year gang trends, enforcement statistics, tools used by gangs, resource allocations, and data practices, with possible classified portions.
Introduced December 16, 2025 by Ashley Hinson · Last progress December 16, 2025
Requires the Department of Justice, working with the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI and coordinated with state and local law enforcement, to produce a detailed report on gang activity and related investigation and prosecution practices. The first report is due within 150 days after the law takes effect and must be submitted annually thereafter by the last day of each fiscal year.