Bill > HR5622

This bill establishes the National Gun Violence Research Program to comprehensively study gun violence in the United States. Recognizing that gun-related deaths have exceeded war casualties over the past 50 years and that the U.S. has a significantly higher gun violence rate compared to other high-income nations, the bill aims to remove existing research restrictions and create a coordinated national research effort. The program will be overseen by an interagency working group chaired by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and will involve multiple federal agencies including the National Science Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Institutes of Health. These agencies will be authorized to award competitive grants to research institutions to study the nature, causes, and consequences of gun violence, examine policy interventions, develop voluntary safety standards, and train new researchers in the field. The bill specifically allocates funding for each participating agency ($200,000 overall, with additional specific amounts for each agency) from fiscal years 2026 through 2031 and establishes an advisory committee to assess the program's progress and effectiveness. Importantly, the bill explicitly states that such research does not constitute advocacy for or against gun control policies, but instead seeks to generate high-quality data to inform strategies for reducing gun-related injuries and deaths.

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