(5) the National Institute of Justice; and 
(6) such other Federal agency as determined 
appropriate by the Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Director to carry 
out this section $200,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 
through 2030. 
SEC. 6. AGENCY ACTIVITIES. 
(a) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.— 
(1) RESEARCH.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation shall award grants, on a com-
petitive basis, to institutions of higher education or 
nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such institu-
tions)— 
(A) to support multidisciplinary research 
to better understand the nature, causes, and 
consequences of gun violence, including violence, 
suicide, unintended injury, and death involving 
guns; 
(B) to examine the effects of gun policy 
interventions on— 
(i) rates of suicide, homicide, and un-
intended injury and death; 
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(ii) individuals’ ability to use guns for 
self-defense, hunting, and recreation; and 
(iii) the gun industry; and 
(C) to educate and train researchers in the 
field of violence, including gun violence, re-
search. 
(2) NATIONAL
CENTER
FOR
VIOLENCE
RE-
SEARCH.—The Director of the National Science 
Foundation shall award grants on a competitive 
basis to institutions of higher education or nonprofit 
organizations (or consortia of such institutions) to 
establish one or more centers to conduct multidisci-
plinary research and education activities in support 
of the goals and priorities of the Program (to be 
known as ‘‘National Center for Violence Research’’). 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2025 through 2030. 
(b) NATIONAL
INSTITUTE
OF
STANDARDS
AND 
TECHNOLOGY.— 
(1) VOLUNTARY CONSENSUS STANDARDS.—The 
Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director 
of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, shall establish a program to promote the de-
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velopment of voluntary consensus gun safety tech-
nical standards. Such effort shall include— 
(A) outreach, coordination, and technical 
support to relevant industry and nonindustry 
stakeholders and standards development organi-
zations to assist such entities in the develop-
ment of voluntary consensus gun safety tech-
nical standards; 
(B) the conduct of research to support ef-
forts to develop and improve such standards 
and conformity assessment; and 
(C) the development of such standard ref-
erence material as the Director determines is 
necessary to further the development of such 
standards. 
(2) PROHIBITION ON REGULATION.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed as conferring upon the 
Secretary of Commerce any authority to establish or 
enforce mandatory gun safety standards. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2025 through 2030. 
(c) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV-
ICES.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Director of the 
National Institutes of Health, the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 
other scientific agencies within the Department of 
Health and Human Services, shall award grants on 
a competitive basis to conduct or support research 
into the nature, causes, consequences, and preven-
tion of gun violence. 
(2) APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to carry out this subsection 
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 
2030. 
(d) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.— 
(1) RESEARCH.—The Attorney General, acting 
through the Director of the National Institute of 
Justice, shall conduct or sponsor research into the 
nature, causes, consequences, and prevention of gun 
violence. 
(2) TRACE DATA.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General, in collaboration with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall 
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develop consensus protocols for granting re-
searchers access to gun trace data that abide by 
standard principles for ethical research. 
(B) DATA
SHARING.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Attorney General, acting through the Director 
of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 
and Explosives, shall commence sharing with 
researchers according to the protocols developed 
under subparagraph (A), the contents of the 
Firearms Trace System database and informa-
tion required to be kept by licensees pursuant 
to section 923(g) of title 18, United States 
Code, or required to be reported pursuant to 
paragraphs (3) and (7) of such section 923(g). 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2025 through 2030. 
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