Number: RL32946
Title: Gang Deterrence: A Legal Analysis of H.R. 1279 With References to S. 155
Authors: Charles Doyle, American Law Division 
Abstract: The House passed H.R. 1279, the Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2005, on May 11, 2005, 151 Cong. Rec. H3161 (daily ed. May 11, 2005). S. 155, the Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of 2005, addresses many of the same issues often to similar effect and occasionally in the same language as H.R. 1279 and as in S. 1735 (108th Congress)(which the Senate Judiciary Committee sent to the floor without written report, 150 Cong. Rec. S. 7580 (July 6, 2004)).
Pages: 30
Date: June 9, 2005