,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhhc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #e1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,de,saulnier introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,health and ,human ,services to         
establish and maintain a local gun      
violence prevention laws database1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,local   
,gun ,violence ,reduction ,act4  #b4    
,local gun violence prevention laws     
database  7a7 ,in general ,not later    
than one year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services1 acting 
through the ,director of the ,centers   
for ,disease ,control and ,prevention   
7in this ,act referred to as the        
,secretary71 shall establish and        
maintain a database in which units of   
,state and local government 7including  
cities1 towns1 counties1 and special    

district governments7 enter into such   
database information on--  7#a7 the laws
 and ordinances such units of government
 have enacted to reduce gun violence2   
and  7#b7 how successful such laws and  
ordinances have been in reducing gun    
violence in the relevant jurisdictions4 
7b7 ,information ,the information       
included by a ,state or local government
 in the database established under      
subsection 7a7 with respect to a law or 
ordinance referred to in such subsection
 shall include the following            
information3 7#a7 ,information about the
 size of the unit of government         
involved4  7#b7 ,the date on which the  
law or ordinance was enacted4  7#c7 ,the
 date on which the law or ordinance took
 effect4  7#d7 ,data on the rates of gun
 violence and gun deaths in the unit of 
government both before and after the law
 or ordinance took effect4  7c7 ,access 
,the database established under         
subsection 7a7 shall be searchable by   
any ,state or local unit of government4 

7d7 ,outreach ,the ,secretary shall     
conduct outreach to ,state and local    
governments to increase awareness of the
 database under subsection 7a7 and to   
encourage such governments to use such  
database4  7e7 ,report to ,congress     
,beginning #b years after the date of   
the enactment of this section1 and every
 #b years thereafter1 the ,secretary    
shall submit to ,congress a report      
specifying1 with respect to the database
 established under subsection 7a7--     
7#a7 how many submissions to such       
database have been received2  7#b7 what 
common topics are identified in such    
submissions2  7#c7 which laws or        
ordinances the reports contained in such
 submissions indicate have been         
successful2 and  7#d7 any geographic    
areas within the ,united ,states that   
have high or low participation in the   
database4  7f7 ,authorization of        
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to carry out this       
section-- 7#a7 #a1ejj1jjj for fiscal    

year #bjbf2 and  7#b7 #a1jjj1jjj for    
fiscal year #bjbg and each fiscal year  
thereafter4