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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5010 

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination 

with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

to submit to the Congress an annual report on the effects of gun 

violence on public health. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 27, 2023 

Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 

HORSFORD, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. PORTER, 

Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. FROST, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 

CROW, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. BROWN, Ms. 

SA ́NCHEZ, and Ms. PETTERSEN) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

in coordination with the Director of the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, to submit to the Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence 

on public health. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Recognizing Gun Vio3 lence as a Public Health Emergency Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF GUN VIOLENCE ON PUB5 LIC HEALTH. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

8 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordina9 tion with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 

10 and Prevention, shall submit to the Congress a report 

11 on— 

12 (1) the effects on public health of gun violence 

13 in the United States during the preceding calendar 

14 year; and 

15 (2) the status of actions taken to address such 

16 effects. 

17 (b) CONTENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 

18 shall include the following: 

19 (1) Data on fatal and nonfatal firearm inci20 dents, disaggregated by age, sex, race, and gender 

21 identity of the victim. 

22 (2) ZIP Code- or census tract-level data on 

23 fatal and nonfatal firearm incidents. 

24 (3) The impacts of gun violence on communities 

25 (including communities of color) and community 

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1 ers, and other categories of community members as 

2 determined by the Secretary of Health and Human 

3 Services). 

4 (4) The impacts of gun violence on physical and 

5 mental health. 

6 (5) Data on active community-based gun vio7 lence prevention programs and the impacts of such 

8 programs, disaggregated by ZIP Code or census 

9 tract. 

10 (6) Data on rates of firearm deaths and inju11 ries, disaggregated by— 

12 (A) whether the incident involved— 

13 (i) homicide or assault; 

14 (ii) partner violence; 

15 (iii) suicide or self-harm; 

16 (iv) law enforcement; or 

17 (v) terrorism; 

18 (B) whether the incident was uninten19 tional; 

20 (C) whether the cause of the incident was 

21 undetermined; and 

22 (D) whether the incident belongs in such 

23 other categories as are determined by the Sec24 retary of Health and Human Services. 


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1 (7) Data on the types of firearms used in fatal 

2 and nonfatal firearm incidents, including— 

3 (A) handguns; 

4 (B) long guns; 

5 (C) ghost guns; 

6 (D) semiautomatic long guns; 

7 (E) guns that were stolen; 

8 (F) guns that were not stolen; 

9 (G) whether the firearm was owned by the 

10 victim or a family member of the victim; and 

11 (H) other types of firearms as determined 

12 by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv13 ices. 

14 (8) Data on the implementation, effectiveness, 

15 and availability of— 

16 (A) firearm violence intervention programs; 

17 (B) lethal means counseling programs; 

18 (C) school prevention programs, including 

19 lockdown drills, threat assessment programs, 

20 and ‘‘hardening’’ of schools; 

21 (D) extreme risk protection orders; 

22 (E) use of domestic violence-related restric23 tions on firearm ownership; 

24 (F) communication of the conditions used 

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1 nal Background Check System to determine 

2 whether an individual is prohibited from pur3 chasing a firearm; and 

4 (G) safe storage laws. 

5 (9) Data on funding levels for firearm injury 

6 prevention research. 

7 (10) Data on the frequency at which funding 

8 such research translates into publication of research 

9 results. 

10 (11) Data on the degree to which the funding 

11 such research translates into community-level inter12 ventions. 

13 (12) Other information and data as determined 

14 appropriate by the Secretary of Health and Human 

15 Services 

16 (c) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The research 

17 done for purposes of developing the report required under 

18 subsection (a) shall be designed to supplement not sup19 plant other research of the Department of Health and 

20 Human Services or the Centers for Disease Control and 

21 Prevention. 

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