H.R.1064  Title: To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and law-abiding lives.

Sponsor: Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] (introduced 2/13/2009)      Cosponsors (232)

Related Bills: S.435

Latest Major Action: 12/2/2009 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 14.

S.435  Title: A bill to provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, health, gang-free, and law-abiding lives.

Sponsor: Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. [PA] (introduced 2/13/2009)      Cosponsors (12)

Related Bills: H.R.1064

Latest Major Action: 2/13/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

Today, the House Judiciary Committee held a markup of
H.R. 1064, the Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities,
Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act, referred to as
the Youth PROMISE Act. The Committee voted to report the bill
favorably to the whole House of Representatives by a vote of 17-14.

The Youth PROMISE Act provides federal resources to implement
evidence- and research-based strategies to reduce gang violence and
juvenile crime at the local level. It is supported by a bi-partisan
coalition of 232 House members and almost 250 national and state
juvenile justice, civil rights, education and religious organizations.

“Today we have come one step closer to helping communities implement
evidence-based strategies to address youth violence problems,” said
Rep. Scott. “With its vote today, a majority of the Judiciary
Committee members supported a bill that will reduce crime and save
money, and provide our children with the resources and opportunities
they need to get on the right track early and stay there. It is my
hope that this bill will continue to move through the House and become
law so that we can provide our youth with a path that leads to college
and the workforce, and not one that leads to gangs, crime, and prison.”

The bill will next be considered by the House Education and Labor
Committee, which shares jurisdiction over the legislation with the
Judiciary Committee.

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