H.R. 825 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 825 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 4, 2021Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mr. Auchincloss, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Case, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Cooper, Ms. Dean, Mr. DeFazio, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Himes, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Matsui, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Morelle, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Ross, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Speier, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Vargas, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Mr. Yarmuth) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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 of 2021. 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 2022 through 2027 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.