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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2817

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a national system

to collect health-related data on fatalities caused by firearms.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 30, 1993

Mrs. SCHROEDER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for

a national system to collect health-related data on fatalities caused by firearms.

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 ‘‘Firearm Fatality Re5 porting System Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM FOR HEALTH-RE7 LATED DATA ON FIREARM FATALITIES.

8 Part J of title III of the Public Health Service Act

9 (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.), as redesignated by section
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1 2008(i)(2)(B) of Public Law 103–43, is amended by in2 serting after section 392 the following section:

3 ‘‘NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR HEALTH-RELATED DATA ON

4 FIREARM FATALITIES

5 ‘‘SEC. 392A. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, act6 ing through the Director of the Centers for Disease Con7 trol and Prevention, shall cooperate with the States for

8 the purpose of establishing, to the extent practicable, a

9 national system to collect, organize, and make available

10 such data relating to fatalities caused by firearms as the

11 Secretary determines may be useful to public officials in

12 making decisions on the protection of the public health

13 with respect to firearms.

14 ‘‘(b) UNIFORM CRITERIA REGARDING COLLECTION

15 OF DATA.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary,

16 in order to ensure the utility of the data collected under

17 such subsection, shall develop criteria for uniform prac18 tices in the collection and organization of the data.

19 ‘‘(c) CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DATA.—The Sec20 retary shall seek to ensure that, with respect to the fatality

21 involved, the data collected under subsection (a) includes

22 the following:

23 ‘‘(1) With respect to the firearm, the following:

24 Type, make, model, and caliber.

25 ‘‘(2) With respect to the intent to kill, a speci26 fication of which of the following categories applies:
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1 A homicide, a suicide, or an accident; or it is un2 known which of such categories applies.

3 ‘‘(3) Demographic characteristics of the victim.

4 ‘‘(4) Demographic characteristics of the individ5 ual who discharged the firearm.

6 ‘‘(5) With respect to the type of setting in

7 which the shooting occurred, a specification of which

8 of the following categories applies: At the home of

9 the victim, at the workplace of the victim, while the

10 victim was commuting, or at a public accommoda11 tion, or in such other types of settings as the Sec12 retary may identify.

13 ‘‘(d) COOPERATION AMONG FEDERAL AGENCIES.—

14 The heads of Federal agencies shall cooperate in order to

15 ensure that the Federal Government does not carry out

16 duplicative activities in collecting the data described in

17 subsection (a).

18 ‘‘(e) BIENNIAL REPORT.—Not later than February

19 1 of 1996 and of every second year thereafter, the Sec20 retary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Com21 merce of the House of Representatives, and to the Com22 mittee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a

23 report that, with respect to implications for the public

24 health—
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1 ‘‘(1) contains an analysis of the data collected

2 under subsection (a); and

3 ‘‘(2) contains such recommendations of the Sec4 retary for administrative and legislative initiatives

5 regarding such analysis as the Secretary determines

6 to be appropriate.’’.

7 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

8 Section 394 of the Public Health Service Act (42

9 U.S.C. 280b-3) is amended—

10 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘To carry out’’;

11 and

12 (2) by adding at the end the following sub13 section:

14 ‘‘(b) To carry out section 392A, there are authorized

15 to be appropriated $3,500,000 for fiscal year 1994, and

16 such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years

17 1995 and 1996.’’.

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