US HB435 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 60-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Research and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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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Title

National Gun Violence Research Act

Sponsors

Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]

History

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

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