National Gun Violence Research Act
Latest action · May 18, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 3, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2021 to May 27, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Mar 10, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Mar 10, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Mar 10, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 10, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Mar 10, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Mar 10, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 10, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Apr 12, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Apr 12, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Apr 12, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Apr 13, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | May 27, 2022 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2021 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred May 18, 2021 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2021 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 4, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Mar 4, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 3, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 3, 2021Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E201-202)
- Mar 3, 2021Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E201 | Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX | Mar 3, 2021 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 40, March 3, 2021, page H1081.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 435 | National Gun Violence Research Act | Reintroduction of | Feb 12, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- National Gun Violence Research Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Advisory bodies
- Business records
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- 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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
