Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation SB281
Legislation Overview
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2021
Subject: 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.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/281/all-info
Companion Bill: HB825
Sponsors
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37 sponsors: Edward Markey (D); Brian Schatz (D); Sheldon Whitehouse (D); Thomas Carper (D); Christopher Coons (D); Maria Cantwell (D); Robert Casey (D); Sherrod Brown (D); Elizabeth Warren (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Richard Durbin (D); Jeanne Shaheen (D); Dianne Feinstein (D); Angus King (I); Jacky Rosen (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Jeff Merkley (D); Jack Reed (D); Cory Booker (D); Robert Menendez (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Amy Klobuchar (D); Catherine Cortez Masto (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Bernard Sanders (I); Tina Smith (D); Benjamin Cardin (D); Mark Warner (D); Michael Bennet (D); Tim Kaine (D); Patrick Leahy (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Ron Wyden (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Martin Heinrich (D); Gary Peters (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 37% (37 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 8, 2021 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Mar 3 2021 | 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
