US Congress House Bill 207 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a grant program that supports violence prevention efforts. Specifically, the CDC must award grants to trauma centers or nonprofit entities for the purpose of conducting or expanding research on the effectiveness of violence prevention efforts in reducing re-injury and re-incarceration that is caused by interpersonal violence. The CDC must also publish best practices for preventing interpersonal violence based on findings from the grant program.

Stop the Violence Act of 2019

Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-01-03	House	Introduced in House

HB2464 (Related) 2019-05-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/207/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr207/BILLS-116hr207ih.pdf