National Gun Violence Research Act
Latest action · Aug 2, 2024 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.
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.
- IntroducedAug 2, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 40
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 2, 2024 to Sep 19, 2024; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-NC | Jeff Jackson | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Aug 2, 2024 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Aug 6, 2024 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Aug 6, 2024 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Aug 6, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Aug 6, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Aug 6, 2024 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Aug 6, 2024 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Aug 13, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Aug 13, 2024 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Aug 13, 2024 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Aug 13, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Aug 13, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Aug 13, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Aug 13, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Aug 13, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Aug 13, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Aug 20, 2024 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Sep 10, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Sep 10, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Sep 19, 2024 |
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 Aug 2, 2024 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Aug 2, 2024 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Aug 2, 2024 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 2, 2024Introduced in House
- Aug 2, 2024Referred 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.
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. 170, no. 127, August 2, 2024, page H4973.
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.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 2, 2024Introduced 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.
