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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9253 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2024 
Mrs. FOUSHEE (for herself, Mr. FROST, Mr. BEYER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. SHER-
MAN, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor-
gia, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. GOLDMAN 
of New York, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. TITUS, Mr. JACKSON of North Carolina, 
Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. ROSS, Ms. ADAMS, and 
Mr. HORSFORD) introduced the following bill; which was referred 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 consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Gun Violence 
Research Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) In the last 50 years, more individuals in the 
United States have died from gunshots than in all 
wars in which the United States was a combatant, 
combined. 
(2) The rate of gun violence deaths in the 
United States is more than 11 times that of other 
high-income nations. 
(3) Guns accounted for 79 percent of homicides 
and 55 percent of suicides in 2022, totaling over 
48,000 deaths in the United States. 
(4) Gun violence disproportionately affects com-
munities of color. In 2021, Black Americans were 
13.7 times as likely as White Americans to be killed 
by gun violence while Hispanic and Latino Ameri-
cans were 2.4 times as likely to be killed. 
(5) Provisions in appropriations Acts dating 
back to 1996 have had a chilling effect on Federal 
funding for research on gun violence across the Fed-
eral Government and, as a result, research on gun 
violence is significantly underfunded relative to other 
leading causes of death. 
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(6) Research examining the nature, causes, con-
sequences, and prevention of gun-related violence, 
suicide, and unintentional injury and death does not 
constitute advocacy in support of, or opposition to, 
gun control policies or regulations. 
(7) More research and high-quality data relat-
ing to gun violence are needed to inform the develop-
ment of effective strategies to reduce the incidence 
of gun-related injury and death. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy. 
(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the National Gun Violence Research Program estab-
lished under section 5. 
SEC. 4. RESEARCH AND DATA RESTRICTIONS REPEAL. 
(a) GUN TRACE DATA.— 
(1) The matter under the heading ‘‘Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala-
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ries and Expenses’’ in title II of division B of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria-
tions Act, 2012 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 
112–55; 125 Stat. 609–610) is amended by striking 
the 6th proviso. 
(2) The 6th proviso under the heading ‘‘Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ in title II of division B of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (18 U.S.C. 
923 note; Public Law 111–117; 123 Stat. 3128– 
3129) is amended by striking ‘‘beginning in fiscal 
year 2010 and thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal 
year 2010’’. 
(3) The 6th proviso under the heading ‘‘Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ in title II of division B of the 
Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (18 U.S.C. 923 
note; Public Law 111–8; 123 Stat. 574–576) is 
amended by striking ‘‘beginning in fiscal year 2009 
and thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 2009’’. 
(4) The 6th proviso under the heading ‘‘Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ in title II of division B of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (18 U.S.C. 
923 note; Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 1903– 
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