H.R. 6596
118th Congress
House
Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2023
Official title: To end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives.
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Civil actions and liabilityCommunity life and organizationCongressional oversightConsumer Product Safety CommissionCrime victimsCrimes against propertyCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of JusticeDomestic violence and child abuseDue process and equal protectionElementary and secondary educationFirearms and explosivesGovernment information and archivesHealth facilities and institutionsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHigher educationJudicial procedure and administrationJudicial review and appealsLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersLicensing and registrationsMedical researchMental healthPersonnel recordsProduct safety and qualityReligionResearch administration and fundingRetail and wholesale tradesSales and excise taxesSmuggling and traffickingState and local government operationsTrade restrictionsViolent crime
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 8, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 5, 2023
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 5, 2023
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
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Kim, Andy
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Brownley, Julia
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Evans, Dwight
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Pingree, Chellie
Jackson Lee, Sheila
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McClellan, Jennifer L.
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Pressley, Ayanna
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Smith, Adam
D
Auchincloss, Jake
D
Espaillat, Adriano
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Goldman, Daniel S.
D
Keating, William R.
Lee, Barbara
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Lynch, Stephen F.
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McGovern, James P.
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Moulton, Seth
Napolitano, Grace
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
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Quigley, Mike
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Trahan, Lori
Trone, David
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Wilson, Frederica S.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6596: Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6596/
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