SCONRES 38 United States Senate · 118th Congress

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Operation Legend was successful in reducing and combating violent crime in the largest cities of the United States and that a future presidential administration committed to enforcing and maintaining law and order should consider implementing a similar policy.

This concurrent resolution expresses Congress's view that Operation Legend (a 2020 federal-local law enforcement initiative) successfully reduced violent crime in cities like Chicago, Kansas City, and Memphis. It cites claims of over 6,000 arrests, 2,600+ seized firearms, and a 6-month deployment of federal agents to 10 major cities during the 2020 crime surge. The resolution recommends future presidential administrations adopt similar policies, including deploying federal agents to high-crime cities and providing grant funding for local law enforcement to hire officers, impose stricter sentences for repeat offenders, and use bail reforms to keep dangerous individuals from re-entering communities. It does not create new law but urges consideration of this approach amid ongoing crime spikes in cities like Kansas City (185 homicides in 2023) and Chicago (11.5% violent crime rise).
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Introduced Jul 24, 2024 Last action Jul 24, 2024
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5347)
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