H.R. 674: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-17 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2019

Plain summary

Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2019 This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct or support research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.

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Official text

Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2019

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · 100 cosponsors

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Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Chris Pappas (D-NH), André Carson (D-IN), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Darren Soto (D-FL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and 40 more.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr674.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr674 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116