Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation SB834
Legislation Overview
Title: A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
Subject: Health: Accidents: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Crime prevention: Department of Health and Human Services: Executive agency funding and structure: Firearms and explosives: Health programs administration and funding: Medical research: Research administration and funding: Violent crime
Description: A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. This bill authorizes FY2018-FY2023 appropriations for the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention to conduct or support research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: April 5, 2017
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/834/all-info
Companion Bill: HB1832
Sponsors
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35 sponsors: Edward Markey (D); Charles Schumer (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Richard Durbin (D); Sheldon Whitehouse (D); Jack Reed (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Elizabeth Warren (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Robert Casey (D); Patty Murray (D); Ron Wyden (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Tim Kaine (D); Bernard Sanders (I); Brian Schatz (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Sherrod Brown (D); Thomas Carper (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Benjamin Cardin (D); Christopher Coons (D); Cory Booker (D); Kamala Harris (D); Robert Menendez (D); Dianne Feinstein (D); Tina Smith (D); Catherine Cortez Masto (D); Patrick Leahy (D); Gary Peters (D); Bill Nelson (D); Tom Udall (D); Debbie Stabenow (D); Margaret Hassan (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 35% (35 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 5, 2017 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Apr 17 2017 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
