For decades, federal restrictions have effectively blocked government-funded research into gun violence, even though firearms are a leading cause of death in the U.S. This bill would lift those restrictions, create a coordinated National Gun Violence Research Program across agencies like the CDC, NIH, and National Science Foundation, and authorize roughly $44 million a year in total funding for studies on the causes, consequences, and prevention of gun violence. It would also open up ATF gun-trace data to researchers for the first time and establish national centers for violence research.
Congressional Summary
National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025This bill promotes gun violence research, including byremoving 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; andauthorizing competitive grants to support research into the nature, causes, consequences, and prevention of gun violence.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-09-30
- Date Added
- 2026-04-06