Introduce and support bipartisan legislation to establish a Department of Justice grant program helping local communities establish, maintain, and strengthen after-school programs aimed at reducing juvenile crime.

This bipartisan legislation will help strengthen after school programs in local communities that have been proven to help reduce juvenile crime rates and encourage positive youth development.

Blackburn promoted the AFTER SCHOOL Act as bipartisan legislation that would create DOJ-administered grants to strengthen after-school programs and reduce juvenile crime.

Blackburn, Cortez Masto Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Strengthen After School Pro...
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Congress.gov lists Blackburn as in Congress from 2003 to present; Senate Tennessee 116th-119th (2019-present); House Tennessee, District 7 108th-115th (2003-2019). It also indexes her member activity as Sponsored Legislation [771], Cosponsored Legislation (All) [4,755], and subject areas including Crime and Law Enforcement [359] and Education [163].

This establishes the relevant federal service window and that Congress.gov has a searchable official index of Blackburn-sponsored and cosponsored legislation. Searches of that official activity did not identify a Blackburn bill or cosponsorship establishing a DOJ grant program for local after-school programs to reduce juvenile crime.

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Marsha Blackburn | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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H.R.1593 became Public Law No. 110-199 on 04/09/2008. Congress.gov summarizes it as reauthorizing, rewriting, and expanding adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects, and authorizing Attorney General grants for reentry courts, drug treatment alternatives, education in correctional settings, and mentoring for offenders.

A major bipartisan DOJ crime-grant law enacted during Blackburn's House service addressed juvenile/adult reentry, not local after-school programs aimed at reducing juvenile crime. It does not fulfill the specific promise.

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H.R.1593 - Second Chance Act of 2007 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Congress.gov lists 92 cosponsors for H.R.1593, including 66 Democrats and 26 Republicans. The Tennessee cosponsor listed is Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] on 04/16/2007; Blackburn is not listed among the cosponsors.

Even for a nearby bipartisan DOJ juvenile-crime/reentry grant bill, Blackburn did not appear as sponsor or cosponsor. This weighs against finding concrete fulfillment or effort on the promised after-school DOJ grant program.

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Cosponsors - H.R.1593 - Second Chance Act of 2007 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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