,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #beed  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bf1
 #bjai ,mr4 ,isakson introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require the ,centers for    
,disease ,control and ,prevention to    
conduct research on mass violence4  #a4 
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,expanding ,research on ,mass      
,violence ,prevention ,act4  #b4 ,mass  
violence research ,part ,j of title     
,,iii of the ,public ,health ,service   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhj;b et seq47 is  
amended by inserting after section      
#cic;,d the following3  #cic;,e4 ,mass  
violence research  7a7 ,in general ,the 
,secretary1 acting through the ,director
 of the ,centers for ,disease ,control  
and ,prevention1 shall engage in        
activities to address mass violence4    
,such activities shall include--  7#a7  
pilot projects in ,states participating 

in the ,national ,violent ,death        
,reporting ,system that focus on        
improving the collection1 completeness1 
and sharing of information2  7#b7       
research on the nature of mass violence 
and factors that contribute to mass     
violence1 including psychological and   
sociological factors2  7#c7 research on 
methods and instruments for identifying 
and predicting perpetrators of mass     
violence2  7#d7 research on methods of  
intervention with respect to1 and       
prevention of1 mass violence2  7#e7 the 
development and dissemination of        
standardized assessment tools for mass  
violence risk2 and  7#f7 research into  
copycat and contagion phenomena with    
respect to mass violence4  7b7 ,mass    
violence defined ,for purposes of this  
section1 the term mass violence means a 
physical assault carried out with       
implements 7which may include knives1   
clubs1 motor vehicles1 firearms1 or     
explosives7 resulting in injury or death
 to three or more victims1 not including

 the perpetrator4 ,such term does not   
include identifiably gang-related1      
drug-related1 or organized crime-related
 incidents4  7c7 ,authorization of      
appropriations ,to carry out this       
section1 there are authorized to be     
appropriated #ge1jjj1jjj for each of    
fiscal years #bjbj through #bjbd4  7d7  
,rule of construction ,no activity      
conducted under this section shall be   
construed as advocating or promoting gun
 control within the meaning of section  
#baj of division ,b of ,public ,law     
#aae-bde4  4