Congress demands annual gang-enforcement data from DOJ, DHS, FBI
H.R. 6748 — Gang Activity Reporting Act of 2025 · Filed by Ashley Hinson (R-IA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Dec 16, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill requires the Attorney General, working with the Department of Homeland Security and FBI, to submit an annual report to Congress detailing gang activity, trends, law enforcement initiatives, resource allocation, and enforcement statistics. The report must include 10-year gang growth data, information on gang cooperation and crime methods, federal resources spent on gang enforcement, and arrest/seizure statistics, with the first report due 150 days after enactment and subsequent reports due by the end of each fiscal year.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is a mandatory reporting requirement designed to create systematic transparency and congressional oversight of federal gang enforcement activities, trends, and resource allocation. It is a procedural accountability measure, not a substantive change to law enforcement authority or criminal penalties.
What the text implies
- Report may be partially or fully classified at agency discretion, potentially limiting public and congressional transparency despite the stated transparency goal.
- Reporting burden falls on DOJ, DHS, and FBI; implementation quality and timeliness depend on agency capacity and prioritization.
- Data collection procedures vary across agencies; report accuracy depends on standardization efforts not mandated by this bill.
- Report focuses on federal enforcement; state and local gang enforcement data is included only 'in coordination with' state/local agencies, not as a binding requirement.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill increases transparency and congressional oversight of federal gang enforcement by requiring systematic, detailed reporting on trends, initiatives, and resource allocation. Citizens and their elected representatives gain better information to evaluate whether federal law enforcement is effectively addressing gang violence and how resources are being deployed.
Named in the bill
Attorney General, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, House Committee on the Judiciary, House Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Senate Committee on Appropriations, State and local law enforcement agencies
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Dec 16, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Dec 16, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,715 characters) on Sep 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-21.
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