Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This legislation will allocate millions of dollars to the CDC to investigate so-called 'GUN VIOLENCE'. This will result in the politicization of gun legislation through the CDC as happened in the mid-90's.
Title: 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.
Subject: 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: Health
Description: Authorizes appropriations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for each of FY2015-FY2020 to conduct or support research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention under the Public Health Service Act.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: May 23, 2014
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN04707:@@@L&summ2=m&
Companion Bill: SB2373
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
27 sponsors: Maloney, Carolyn B.; Brown, Corrine; Cicilline, David N.; Clark, Katherine M.; Courtney, Joe; Esty, Elizabeth H.; Grijalva, Raul M.; Hanabusa, Colleen W.; Himes, James A.; Hinojosa, Ruben; Holt, Rush D.; Kennedy, Joseph; Lee, Barbara; Lynch, Stephen F.; McCollum, Betty; McDermott, Jim; McGovern, James P.; Meeks, Gregory W.; Meng, Grace; Moran, James P.; Norton, Eleanor Holmes; Schwartz, Allyson Y.; Shea-Porter, Carol; Thompson, Mike; Tierney, John F.; Tsongas, Niki; Van Hollen, Chris
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 23 2014 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| House | May 21 2014 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E795-796) |
| House | May 21 2014 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 28 2014 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Health
There have not been any votes on this bill