S. 184 — Introduced in Senate

II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 184 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 17, 2019Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Casey, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Warren, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Udall, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Reed, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Harris, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Coons, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Smith, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Carper, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Booker, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Warner, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Rosen, and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gun Violence Prevention Research Act. 2. Funding for research by CDC on firearms safety or gun violence prevention There is authorized to be appropriated to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025 for the purpose of conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention under the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). The amount authorized to be appropriated by the preceding sentence is in addition to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for such purpose.