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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10480 

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and 

maintain a local gun violence prevention laws database, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 18, 2024 

Mr. DESAULNIER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 

establish and maintain a local gun violence prevention 

laws database, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Gun Violence 

5 Reduction Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LOCAL GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION LAWS DATA7 BASE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 


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1 and Human Services, acting through the Director of the 

2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (in this Act 

3 referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), shall establish and main4 tain a database in which units of State and local govern5 ment (including cities, towns, counties, and special district 

6 governments) enter into such database information on— 

7 (1) the laws and ordinances such units of gov8 ernment have enacted to reduce gun violence; and 

9 (2) how successful such laws and ordinances 

10 have been in reducing gun violence in the relevant 

11 jurisdictions. 

12 (b) INFORMATION.—The information included by a 

13 State or local government in the database established 

14 under subsection (a) with respect to a law or ordinance 

15 referred to in such subsection shall include the following 

16 information: 

17 (1) Information about the size of the unit of 

18 government involved. 

19 (2) The date on which the law or ordinance was 

20 enacted. 

21 (3) The date on which the law or ordinance 

22 took effect. 

23 (4) Data on the rates of gun violence and gun 

24 deaths in the unit of government both before and 

25 after the law or ordinance took effect. 


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1 (c) ACCESS.—The database established under sub2 section (a) shall be searchable by any State or local unit 

3 of government. 

4 (d) OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall conduct out5 reach to State and local governments to increase aware6 ness of the database under subsection (a) and to encour7 age such governments to use such database. 

8 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Beginning 2 years after 

9 the date of the enactment of this section, and every 2 

10 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 

11 a report specifying, with respect to the database estab12 lished under subsection (a)— 

13 (1) how many submissions to such database 

14 have been received; 

15 (2) what common topics are identified in such 

16 submissions; 

17 (3) which laws or ordinances the reports con18 tained in such submissions indicate have been suc19 cessful; and 

20 (4) any geographic areas within the United 

21 States that have high or low participation in the 

22 database. 

23 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

24 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 

25 (1) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 


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1 (2) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and each 

2 fiscal year thereafter. 

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