National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025

This bill promotes gun violence research, including by

removing limitations on the use of firearms tracing data by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; permitting funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services to be used for gun violence research; establishing the National Gun Violence Research Program to promote gun violence research; and authorizing competitive grants to support research into the nature, causes, consequences, and prevention of gun violence.

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To provide for a coordinated national research program to examine the nature, causes, consequences, and prevention of violence and unintended injury and death relating to gun ownership, use, and trafficking, and for other purposes.Official Title as Introduced

National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025Short Title(s) as Introduced

Legislative history

H.R. 5622·House·Bill·Crime and Law Enforcement

Rep. Valerie P. Foushee(Democratic-North Carolina-4)·

Sep 30, 2025

IntroducedIntroduced in House

Sep 30, 2025

HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, 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.

Sep 30, 2025

Documents

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Bill text

Sep 30, 2025As introduced in the House

Plain-language summaries

Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House