The Gangbuster Bill, formally known as the "Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2005", was a proposed piece of legislation in the U.S. Congress.
Principally sponsored by Representative Randy Forbes, a Republican from Virginia, with a number of co-sponsors, the Gangbuster Bill would have allowed teenage gang members to be tried as adults and have increased the mandatory minimum sentence to ten years for some violent gang-related crimes.
The bill passed the House of Representatives 279-144 with mostly Republican support.
The legislation failed to pass the Senate, in part due to opposition from some African-American and Hispanic-American organizations, such as the National Council of La Raza.
The proposed legislation pursued two principal goals: In 2007 Rep. Forbes reintroduced the legislation, which has currently been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.