Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
The anti-gun groups want to restore funding to the CDC to research firearm issues that Congress took AWAY after the CDC supported gun control in the 90's.
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act
Subject: Health: Accidents: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Crime prevention: Department of Health and Human Services: Executive agency funding and structure: Firearms and explosives: Health programs administration and funding: Medical research: Research administration and funding: Violent crime
Description: Authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct or support research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: January 17, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/184/all-info
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43 sponsors: Edward Markey (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Sheldon Whitehouse (D); Richard Durbin (D); Robert Casey (D); Margaret Hassan (D); Elizabeth Warren (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Benjamin Cardin (D); Tom Udall (D); Bernard Sanders (I); Jack Reed (D); Charles Schumer (D); Debbie Stabenow (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Kamala Harris (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Catherine Cortez Masto (D); Christopher Coons (D); Patrick Leahy (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Martin Heinrich (D); Brian Schatz (D); Tim Kaine (D); Tina Smith (D); Amy Klobuchar (D); Sherrod Brown (D); Patty Murray (D); Thomas Carper (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Cory Booker (D); Michael Bennet (D); Dianne Feinstein (D); Jeff Merkley (D); Mark Warner (D); Robert Menendez (D); Ron Wyden (D); Jacky Rosen (D); Gary Peters (D); Angus King (I); Jeanne Shaheen (D); Maria Cantwell (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 17 2019 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 4 2019 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions
There have not been any votes on this bill