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SEC. 3. DUTIES. 
(a) INVESTIGATION AND STUDY.—The Select Com-
mittee is authorized and directed to conduct a full and 
complete investigation and study, and to issue a report 
of its findings to the House, regarding each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The causes of mass shootings. 
(2) Methods to improve the Federal firearms 
purchaser background check system. 
(3) Connections between access to firearms and 
dangerously mentally ill individuals. 
(4) Strengthening Federal penalties for traf-
ficking and straw purchasing of firearms. 
(5) Closing loopholes that allow some domestic 
abusers continued access to firearms. 
(6) Linkages between firearms and suicide. 
(7) Gun violence’s effect on public health. 
(8) The correlation between State gun violence 
prevention laws and the incidence of gun violence. 
(9) The importance of having reliable and accu-
rate information on gun violence and its toll on our 
Nation. 
(10) The implementation of effective gun vio-
lence prevention laws in accordance with the Second 
Amendment to the Constitution. 
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(11) Rates of gun violence in large metropolitan 
areas. 
(b) HEARINGS.—In carrying out its duties under sub-
section (a), the Select Committee shall hold at least one 
public hearing in the District of Columbia and at least 
two public hearings in locations outside of the District of 
Columbia. 
SEC. 4. RULES AND PROCEDURES. 
Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
shall apply to the Select Committee in the same manner 
as such Rule applies to a standing committee of the 
House, except to the extent inconsistent with this resolu-
tion. 
SEC. 5. STAFF; FUNDING. 
(a) STAFF.—The chair of the Select Committee, upon 
consultation with the ranking minority member of the Se-
lect Committee, may employ and fix the compensation of 
such staff as the chair considers necessary to carry out 
this resolution. 
(b) FUNDING.—There shall be paid out of the appli-
cable accounts of the House of Representatives such sums 
as may be necessary for the expenses of the Select Com-
mittee. Such payments shall be made on vouchers signed 
by the chair of the Select Committee and approved in the 
manner directed by the Committee on House Administra-
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tion. Amounts made available under this subsection shall 
be expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by 
the Committee on House Administration. 
SEC. 6. RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(a) FINAL REPORT.—The Select Committee shall 
issue a final report and recommendations, including legis-
lative proposals, not later than 60 days after the date of 
the adoption of this resolution. 
(b) INTERIM FINDINGS AND REPORTS.—In addition 
to the final report and recommendations required under 
subsection (a), the Select Committee may issue such in-
terim findings and reports as it deems necessary. 
SEC. 7. TERMINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Select Committee and all au-
thority granted in this resolution shall expire upon the 
issuance by the Select Committee of the final report and 
recommendations under section 6(a). 
(b) RECORDS.—Upon the dissolution of the Select 
Committee, the records, files, and materials of the Select 
Committee shall be transferred to the Clerk of the House. 
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