Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB4707
Legislation Overview
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
Sponsors
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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;
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 6% (27 of 435)
History
| 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. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 28 2014 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Energy And Commerce
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