Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation SB1473
Legislation Overview
Title: A bill 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: A bill 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. This bill authorizes FY2016-FY2021 appropriations for the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention to conduct or support research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: June 2, 2015
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1473/all-info
Companion Bill: HB2612
Sponsors
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'.
20 sponsors: Edward Markey (D); Brian Schatz (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Elizabeth Warren (D); Charles Schumer (D); Richard Durbin (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Sheldon Whitehouse (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Patty Murray (D); Barbara Boxer (D); Ron Wyden (D); Benjamin Cardin (D); Jack Reed (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Tim Kaine (D); Debbie Stabenow (D); Bernard Sanders (I); Robert Casey (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 20% (20 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jun 2, 2015 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jun 3 2015 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
