Local Gun Violence Reduction Act
Bill: H.R.9227 | Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark (D-CA)
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Local Gun Violence Reduction Act
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and maintain a database that states and localities may populate with information about laws and ordinances enacted to reduce gun violence and their effectiveness.

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and 
 maintain a local gun violence prevention laws database, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Local Gun Violence Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. LOCAL GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION LAWS DATABASE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary''), shall 
establish and maintain a database in which units of State and local 
government (including cities, towns, counties, and special district 
governments) enter into such database information on--
            (1) the laws and ordinances such units of government have 
        enacted to reduce gun violence; and
            (2) how successful such laws and ordinances have been in 
        reducing gun violence in the relevant jurisdictions.
    (b) Information.--The information included by a State or local 
government in the database established under subsection (a) with 
respect to a law or ordinance referred to in such subsection shall 
include the following information:
            (1) Information about the size of the unit of government 
        involved.
            (2) The date on which the law or ordinance was enacted.
            (3) The date on which the law or ordinance took effect.
            (4) Data on the rates of gun violence and gun deaths in the 
        unit of government both before and after the law or ordinance 
        took effect.
    (c) Access.--The database established under subsection (a) shall be 
searchable by any State or local unit of government.
    (d) Outreach.--The Secretary shall conduct outreach to State and 
local governments to increase awareness of the database under 
subsection (a) and to encourage such governments to use such database.
    (e) Report to Congress.--Beginning 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this section, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report specifying, with respect to the 
database established under subsection (a)--
            (1) how many submissions to such database have been 
        received;
            (2) what common topics are identified in such submissions;
            (3) which laws or ordinances the reports contained in such 
        submissions indicate have been successful; and
            (4) any geographic areas within the United States that have 
        high or low participation in the database.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            (1) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2023; and
            (2) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter.
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