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individuals’ risk of being victimized by, or per-
petrating, violence and that seek to interrupt 
cycles of violence and retaliation in order to re-
duce the incidence of homicides, shootings, and 
group-related violence. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to programs oper-
ating in— 
‘‘(1) the 127 municipalities that have had the 
highest annual per capita homicide rates as meas-
ured over the most recent 5 years (among munici-
palities meeting certain population thresholds, as 
specified by the Secretary); and 
‘‘(2) other municipalities with substantial recent 
increases in homicide rates, based on homicide data 
reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or 
as otherwise specified by the Secretary. 
‘‘(e) GRANT RECIPIENT REPORTS.—Each recipient 
of a grant under this section shall submit a biennial per-
formance report to the Secretary detailing how such grant 
funds were used and the progress made towards address-
ing violence in the community during the applicable fund-
ing period under the grant. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 
years after the date on which the program under this sec-
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tion commences, and every 2 years thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall submit a report to Congress detailing how 
funds appropriated for the grant program under this sec-
tion were used and recommendations for improvement of 
the program. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $100,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 902. FUNDING FOR RESEARCH ON FIREARMS SAFETY 
OR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Attorney General $50,000,000 
for each fiscal year for the purpose of conducting or 
supporting research on firearms safety or gun vio-
lence prevention. The amount authorized to be ap-
propriated by the preceding sentence is in addition 
to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for such purpose. 
(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the Attorney General shall 
submit a report to Congress detailing how the funds 
authorized to be appropriated under this section 
were used. 
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(b) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV-
ICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services $50,000,000 for each fiscal year for the 
purpose of conducting or supporting research on 
firearms safety or gun violence prevention, including 
conducting evaluations of the community violence 
intervention grant program authorized under section 
399V–7 of the Public Health Service Act (as added 
by section 901 of this Act). The amount authorized 
to be appropriated by the preceding sentence is in 
addition to any other amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated for such purpose. 
(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall submit a report to Con-
gress detailing how the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated under this section were used. 
TITLE X—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 1001. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or any amendment made 
by this Act, or any application of such provision or amend-
ment to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, 
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the remainder of the provisions of this Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act and the application of the provi-
sion or amendment to any other person or circumstance 
shall not be affected. 
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