1904) is amended by striking ‘‘beginning in fiscal 
year 2008 and thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal 
year 2008’’. 
(5) The 6th proviso under the heading ‘‘Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ in title I of the Science, State, 
Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public 
Law 109–108; 119 Stat. 2295–2296) is amended by 
striking ‘‘with respect to any fiscal year’’. 
(6) The 6th proviso under the heading in title 
I of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2005 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 108– 
447; 118 Stat. 2859–2860) is amended by striking 
‘‘with respect to any fiscal year’’. 
(b) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV-
ICES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available to the Department of Health and Human 
Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention and the National Institutes of Health, may be 
used to conduct or support research with respect to gun 
violence. 
SEC. 5. RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
President, 
acting 
through the Director, shall develop and implement a pro-
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gram to improve public health and safety through research 
on gun violence (to be known as the ‘‘National Gun Vio-
lence Research Program’’), through activities carried out 
in collaboration with covered agencies that— 
(1) support gun violence research; 
(2) accelerate the translation of gun violence re-
search into effective policy interventions to reduce 
the incidence of injury and death related to guns; 
(3) expand the number of researchers and stu-
dents in the field of gun violence research; and 
(4) improve interagency planning and coordina-
tion of Federal Government activities relating to gun 
violence research. 
(b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—A covered agency, in car-
rying out activities described in subsection (a), shall— 
(1) award grants to individual investigators and 
interdisciplinary teams of investigators for projects 
related to gun violence research; 
(2) support projects funded under joint solicita-
tions by a collaboration of no fewer than two covered 
agencies; 
(3) establish interdisciplinary research centers 
that are organized to investigate basic research 
questions and inform policy decisions relating to gun 
violence; 
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(4) provide for the education and training of 
undergraduate students, graduate students, and 
postdoctoral scholars in gun violence research; and 
(5) promote the development of voluntary con-
sensus gun safety technical standards. 
(c) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, 
acting through the National Science and Technology 
Council, shall establish or maintain an interagency 
working group on gun violence research. 
(2) COMPOSITION.—The working group estab-
lished or maintained under paragraph (1) shall be 
chaired by the Director and include representatives 
from— 
(A) the National Science Foundation; 
(B) the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology; 
(C) the National Institutes of Health; 
(D) the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention; 
(E) the National Institute of Justice; and 
(F) any other Federal agency (including 
an agency, department, or service thereof) that 
the Director considers appropriate. 
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(3) DUTIES.—The Working Group shall— 
(A) oversee the planning, management, 
and coordination of the Program; 
(B) provide for coordination among cov-
ered agencies of Federal gun violence research 
and other activities undertaken pursuant to the 
Program; 
(C) establish and periodically update goals 
and priorities for the Program; and 
(D) develop, not later than 12 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and up-
date every 5 years, a strategic plan to guide the 
activities of the Program to meet the goals and 
priorities established under subparagraph (C). 
(d) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President, acting through the Director of the Office 
of Science and Technology Policy, shall establish or 
maintain an advisory committee on gun violence re-
search. 
(2) COMPOSITION.—The advisory committee es-
tablished or maintained under paragraph (1) shall 
be composed of not less than 12 members, including 
representatives of research institutions, institutions 
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of higher education, health care and social services 
providers, local government agencies, law enforce-
ment, community-based organizations, and relevant 
nonprofit organizations who are qualified to provide 
advice on the Program. 
(3) DUTIES.—The advisory committee estab-
lished or maintained under paragraph (1) shall as-
sess— 
(A) the management, coordination, imple-
mentation, and activities of the Program; 
(B) the balance of activities and funding 
across the Program; 
(C) whether the Program priorities and 
goals developed by the working group estab-
lished under subsection (c)(3) are helping to 
improve public health and safety; and 
(D) the need to revise the Program. 
(e) COVERED AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered agency’’ means— 
(1) the National Science Foundation; 
(2) the National Institute for Standards and 
Technology; 
(3) the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion; 
(4) the National Institutes of Health; 
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