Violent Crime Reduction and Community Partnership Grant Act

Status: HopperSession: September 2026 Senate SessionIssue: Crime

Summary

This bill would create competitive Justice Department grants for local governments and partnerships to reduce violent crime through a mix of police coordination, anti-gang enforcement, youth outreach, victim support, crime analysis, and help prosecuting repeat violent offenders. It prioritizes high-crime areas that show cooperation across law enforcement, schools, prosecutors, and community groups, with annual reporting on spending and results.

Full text

A bill to authorize the Attorney General to award competitive grants to states, counties, municipalities, and multi-jurisdictional partnerships to support evidence-based violent-crime prevention and anti-gang initiatives, including local law enforcement coordination, focused deterrence programs, youth outreach and mentorship for at-risk juveniles, victim and witness support services, crime analysis capacity, and prosecutorial assistance for repeat violent offenders, with priority given to high-crime communities that demonstrate cooperation among police, sheriffs, schools, prosecutors, and community organizations, and with annual reporting requirements to ensure fiscal accountability and measurable public-safety outcomes.

Sponsor

Mac BransonRepublican Party

Cosponsors

Tony D'AngeloDemocratic Party

Motions

Motions will become available once this bill enters floor debate.