National Gun Violence Research Act

To provide for a coordinated national research program to examine the nature, causes, consequences, and prevention of violence and unintended injury and death relating to gun ownership, use, and trafficking, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary

National Gun Violence Research Act

This bill amends various provisions of law and sets forth new provisions to promote gun violence research.

Among other things, the bill does the following:

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

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Legislative Actions

2019-01-10
Introduced in House
2019-01-10
Introduced in House
2019-01-10
Referred 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.
2019-01-10
Referred 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.
2019-01-10
Referred 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.
2019-01-10
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-01-25
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-02-12
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

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