HOUSE 1478115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Gun Violence Research Act
- Last Action
- 3/10/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-10Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-03-09Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2017-03-09Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1956-1957)
- 2017-03-09Introduced in House
- 2017-03-09Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-09 (00)
Gun Violence Research Act
This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to eliminate the prohibition on the Department of Health and Human Services using federal funds to advocate or promote gun control.Cosponsors (20)
- Val Demings (D-FL)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
- JAMES LANGEVIN (D-RI)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- TIM RYAN (D-OH)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- ADAM SMITH (D-WA)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- Robin Kelly (D-IL)
- Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
- Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL)
Subjects
- Appropriations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Firearms and explosives
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Medical research
- Research administration and funding
- Violent crime
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