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HOUSE 1576117th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

National Gun Violence Research Act

Last Action
5/18/2021

Actions

  • 2021-05-18Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  • 2021-03-04Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • 2021-03-03Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2021-03-03Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2021-03-03Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2021-03-03Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E201-202)
  • 2021-03-03Introduced in House
  • 2021-03-03Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2021-03-03 (00)

National Gun Violence Research Act

This bill promotes gun violence research, including by

  • removing limitations on the use of firearms tracing data by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
  • permitting funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services to be used for gun violence research;
  • establishing the National Gun Violence Research Program to promote gun violence research; and
  • authorizing various competitive grants to support research into the nature, causes, consequences, and prevention of gun violence.

Cosponsors (19)

  • Bill Foster (D-IL)
  • Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
  • Haley Stevens (D-MI)
  • BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)
  • Daniel Kildee (D-MI)
  • Deborah Ross (D-NC)
  • Paul Tonko (D-NY)
  • Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
  • Sean Casten (D-IL)
  • ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
  • Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
  • Val Demings (D-FL)
  • Dwight Evans (D-PA)
  • Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)
  • Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
  • Joe Neguse (D-CO)
  • Ro Khanna (D-CA)
  • John Yarmuth (D-KY)
  • Brian Higgins (D-NY)

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Business records
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Crime prevention
  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Higher education
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Medical research
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Product safety and quality
  • Research administration and funding
  • Violent crime
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