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Introduced
07/27/2023
07/27/2023
In Committee
07/27/2023
07/27/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2025
01/03/2025
Introduced Session
118th Congress
Bill Summary
A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to build safer, thriving communities, and save lives, by investing in effective community-based violence reduction initiatives, and for other purposes.
AI Summary
This bill aims to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to invest in effective community-based violence reduction initiatives. The key provisions of the bill include:
1. Establishing a Community-Based Violence Intervention Program to provide grants to eligible entities, such as community-based nonprofits and local governments, to implement coordinated community violence intervention initiatives using evidence-informed strategies that focus on providing services to those at high risk of violence, expanding economic opportunities, and using trauma-responsive care.
2. Creating an Office of Community Violence Intervention within the Department of Health and Human Services to oversee the implementation of the program and establishing a Community Violence Intervention Advisory Committee to provide advice and assistance.
3. Establishing a National Community Violence Response Center to provide technical assistance, data collection, research coordination, and capacity building to support the community violence intervention efforts.
4. Authorizing the Department of Labor to award grants for year-round job training and workforce programs for "opportunity youth" (those aged 16-25 who are not enrolled in education or employed) in communities disproportionately affected by gun violence.
The overall goal of the bill is to invest in effective community-based strategies to reduce community violence, address trauma, and expand economic opportunities, particularly in communities of color that have been disproportionately impacted by violence.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (123)
Steven Horsford (D)*,
Alma Adams (D),
Colin Allred (D),
Gabe Amo (D),
Nanette Barragán (D),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Ami Bera (D),
Don Beyer (D),
Sanford Bishop (D),
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),
Jamaal Bowman (D),
Brendan Boyle (D),
Shontel Brown (D),
Julia Brownley (D),
Nikki Budzinski (D),
Cori Bush (D),
Yadira Caraveo (D),
Salud Carbajal (D),
Tony Cárdenas (D),
André Carson (D),
Troy Carter (D),
Greg Casar (D),
Ed Case (D),
Sean Casten (D),
Kathy Castor (D),
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D),
Judy Chu (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
Jim Clyburn (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Gerry Connolly (D),
Jim Costa (D),
Jasmine Crockett (D),
Jason Crow (D),
Danny Davis (D),
Madeleine Dean (D),
Suzan DelBene (D),
Mark DeSaulnier (D),
Debbie Dingell (D),
Adriano Espaillat (D),
Dwight Evans (D),
Lizzie Fletcher (D),
Valerie Foushee (D),
Maxwell Frost (D),
Robert Garcia (D),
Sylvia Garcia (D),
Chuy García (D),
Dan Goldman (D),
Al Green (D),
Raúl Grijalva (D),
Jahana Hayes (D),
Glenn Ivey (D),
Jonathan Jackson (D),
Sara Jacobs (D),
Pramila Jayapal (D),
Hank Johnson (D),
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D),
Robin Kelly (D),
Timothy Kennedy (D),
Derek Kilmer (D),
Andy Kim (D),
Ann Kuster (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Summer Lee (D),
Mike Levin (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Kathy Manning (D),
Doris Matsui (D),
Lucy McBath (D),
Jenn McClellan (D),
Betty McCollum (D),
Morgan McGarvey (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Gregory Meeks (D),
Rob Menendez (D),
Grace Meng (D),
Kweisi Mfume (D),
Gwen Moore (D),
Joe Morelle (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Joe Neguse (D),
Donald Norcross (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Ilhan Omar (D),
Jimmy Panetta (D),
Bill Pascrell (D),
Dean Phillips (D),
Stacey Plaskett (D),
Mark Pocan (D),
Katie Porter (D),
Ayanna Pressley (D),
Mike Quigley (D),
Delia Ramirez (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
Andrea Salinas (D),
Linda Sánchez (D),
Mary Gay Scanlon (D),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
Hillary Scholten (D),
Kim Schrier (D),
Terri Sewell (D),
Elissa Slotkin (D),
Haley Stevens (D),
Marilyn Strickland (D),
Tom Suozzi (D),
Emilia Sykes (D),
Shri Thanedar (D),
Bennie Thompson (D),
Mike Thompson (D),
Dina Titus (D),
Rashida Tlaib (D),
Jill Tokuda (D),
Ritchie Torres (D),
David Trone (D),
Lauren Underwood (D),
Juan Vargas (D),
Nydia Velázquez (D),
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),
Maxine Waters (D),
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),
Nikema Williams (D),
Frederica Wilson (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (on 07/27/2023)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5003/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr5003/BILLS-118hr5003ih.pdf |
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