Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB1576
Legislation Overview
Title: National Gun Violence Research Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: 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.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1576/all-info
Sponsors
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20 sponsors: Eddie Johnson (D); Bill Foster (D); Ed Perlmutter (D); Haley Stevens (D); Brad Sherman (D); Daniel Kildee (D); Deborah Ross (D); Paul Tonko (D); Joyce Beatty (D); Sean Casten (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Jahana Hayes (D); Val Demings (D); Dwight Evans (D); Jake Auchincloss (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Joseph Neguse (D); Ro Khanna (D); John Yarmuth (D); Brian Higgins (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 5% (20 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 18, 2021 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Mar 4, 2021 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| House | Mar 3, 2021 | Introduced in House |
| House | Mar 3, 2021 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E201-202) |
| House | Mar 3, 2021 | 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. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Apr 24 2021 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
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