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H.R. 5622 119th Congress House

National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025

Official title: To provide for a coordinated national research program to examine the nature, causes, consequences, and prevention of violence and unintended injury and death … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide for a coordinated national research program to examine the nature, causes, consequences, and prevention of violence and unintended injury and death relating to gun ownership, use, and trafficking, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 30, 2025 Introduced by: Valerie P. Foushee Democratic · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Sep 30, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025

This bill promotes gun violence research, including by

  • removing limitations on the use of firearms tracing data by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
  • permitting funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services to be used for gun violence research;
  • establishing the National Gun Violence Research Program to promote gun violence research; and
  • authorizing competitive grants to support research into the nature, causes, consequences, and prevention of gun violence.
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 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 12
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Salinas, Andrea
Oregon · Mar 17, 2026
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Goldman, Daniel S.
New York · Jan 13, 2026
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Fletcher, Lizzie
Texas · Dec 18, 2025
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Swalwell, Eric
California · Oct 31, 2025
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Carson, André
Indiana · Oct 17, 2025
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · Oct 17, 2025
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Oct 14, 2025
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Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Oct 14, 2025
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Mullin, Kevin
California · Oct 14, 2025
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 14, 2025
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Oct 14, 2025
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Sep 30, 2025
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Frost, Maxwell
Florida · Sep 30, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5622: National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5622/
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"H.R. 5622: National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5622/.
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H.R. 5622, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5622/.
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