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H.R. 3926: Gun Violence Research Act

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H.R. 3926: Gun Violence Research Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-11-04 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-11-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Gun Violence Research Act

Plain summary

Gun Violence Research Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to specifically include injuries from gun violence as a research subject for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nothing in the CDC's research authorization may be construed to authorize support for advocacy or promotion of gun control. The CDC must improve the National Violent Death Reporting System, particularly through the voluntary participation of additional states. Nothing in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may be construed to prohibit a health care provider from discussing guns or gun safety with a patient or reporting a patient's threat of violence.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Gun Violence Research Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] · 87 cosponsors

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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), William R. Keating (D-MA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA) and 27 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3926 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114