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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1307 |
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5 | 5 | | To establish the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and for other purposes. |
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6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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7 | 7 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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8 | 8 | | Mr. F |
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9 | 9 | | ROST(for himself, Mr. SMITHof Washington, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. |
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11 | 11 | | REENof Texas, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. BALINT, Mr. THOMPSONof Mis- |
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12 | 12 | | sissippi, Ms. P |
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13 | 13 | | INGREE, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. GARCI´Aof Illinois, Mr. |
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15 | 15 | | IELDS, Mr. GOLDMANof New York, Mr. DAVISof Illinois, Mr. MIN, |
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16 | 16 | | Mrs. D |
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17 | 17 | | INGELL, Ms. WASSERMANSCHULTZ, Ms. ROSS, Mrs. RAMIREZ, |
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19 | 19 | | EGETTE, Ms. TITUS, Mr. BEYER, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. EVANSof |
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20 | 20 | | Pennsylvania, Mr. C |
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21 | 21 | | ASE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CLEAVER, Mrs. SYKES, Mr. |
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23 | 23 | | WALWELL, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. WILSONof Florida, Mr. |
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25 | 25 | | MO, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. MENG, Mr. CASAR, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, |
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26 | 26 | | Ms. S |
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27 | 27 | | TEVENS, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mrs. HAYES, |
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28 | 28 | | Mr. R |
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29 | 29 | | ASKIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. |
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31 | 31 | | CCLELLAN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. |
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33 | 33 | | ASTROof Texas, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. LARSONof Connecticut, Mr. |
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35 | 35 | | ARAMENDI, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. |
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37 | 37 | | ROWNLEY, Ms. JOHNSONof Texas, Ms. CASTORof Florida, Ms. MORRI- |
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38 | 38 | | SON, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. SCHRIER, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. FRIEDMAN, Ms. |
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40 | 40 | | NDERWOOD, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. LOISFRANKELof Florida, Mrs. |
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42 | 42 | | RAHAN, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. DEANof Pennsylvania, Mr. DESAULNIER, |
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44 | 44 | | OCAN, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. DEXTER, Ms. WATERS, Mr. |
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46 | 46 | | UIGLEY, Mr. MCGARVEY, Ms. WILLIAMSof Georgia, Mrs. TORRESof |
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47 | 47 | | California, Mr. T |
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48 | 48 | | ONKO, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. TORRESof |
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49 | 49 | | New York, Mr. G |
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50 | 50 | | ARCIAof California, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. KELLYof Illi- |
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51 | 51 | | nois, Ms. J |
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52 | 52 | | ACOBS, Ms. MCBRIDE, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. |
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54 | 54 | | HERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. BROWN, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. |
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56 | 56 | | UBRAMANYAM, Ms. LEEof Pennsylvania, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. |
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58 | 58 | | ONAMICI, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. TURNERof Texas, Ms. GARCIAof |
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59 | 59 | | Texas, Mr. L |
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60 | 60 | | IEU, Mr. KENNEDYof New York, Mr. CARTERof Louisiana, |
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61 | 61 | | Mrs. F |
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62 | 62 | | OUSHEE, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. KEATING, Ms. ANSARI, Ms. CLARKE |
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63 | 63 | | of New York, and Mr. L |
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64 | 64 | | ANDSMAN) introduced the following bill; which |
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65 | 65 | | was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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68 | 68 | | •HR 1307 IH |
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69 | 69 | | A BILL |
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70 | 70 | | To establish the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and |
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71 | 71 | | for other purposes. |
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72 | 72 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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73 | 73 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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74 | 74 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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75 | 75 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Office of Gun Violence 4 |
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76 | 76 | | Prevention Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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77 | 77 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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78 | 78 | | In this Act: 7 |
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79 | 79 | | (1) A |
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80 | 80 | | DVISORY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Advisory 8 |
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81 | 81 | | Council’’ means the advisory council established 9 |
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82 | 82 | | under section 3(c)(1). 10 |
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83 | 83 | | (2) D |
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84 | 84 | | IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 11 |
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85 | 85 | | the Director of the Office. 12 |
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86 | 86 | | (3) G |
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87 | 87 | | UN VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘gun violence’’ 13 |
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88 | 88 | | includes homicide, violent crime, domestic violence, 14 |
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89 | 89 | | attempted suicide, suicide, and unintentional death 15 |
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90 | 90 | | or injury involving a firearm. 16 |
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91 | 91 | | (4) O |
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92 | 92 | | FFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-17 |
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93 | 93 | | fice of Gun Violence Prevention established under 18 |
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94 | 94 | | section 3(a). 19 |
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95 | 95 | | SEC. 3. OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 20 |
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96 | 96 | | (a) E |
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97 | 97 | | STABLISHMENT.— 21 |
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101 | 101 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 1 |
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102 | 102 | | establish within the Office of Legal Policy of the De-2 |
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103 | 103 | | partment of Justice the Office of Gun Violence Pre-3 |
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104 | 104 | | vention. 4 |
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105 | 105 | | (2) D |
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106 | 106 | | IRECTOR.—The Attorney General shall 5 |
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107 | 107 | | appoint a Director to be the head of the Office. 6 |
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108 | 108 | | (b) D |
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109 | 109 | | UTIES.— 7 |
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110 | 110 | | (1) I |
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111 | 111 | | N GENERAL.—The Director, in consulta-8 |
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112 | 112 | | tion with the Advisory Council, shall coordinate, in-9 |
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113 | 113 | | tegrate, and maximize the efficacy of each responsi-10 |
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114 | 114 | | bility, program, and service relating to gun violence 11 |
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115 | 115 | | prevention administered by the Attorney General to 12 |
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116 | 116 | | maximize an integrated approach to reducing gun vi-13 |
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117 | 117 | | olence and serving victims of gun violence, includ-14 |
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118 | 118 | | ing— 15 |
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119 | 119 | | (A) the responsibilities of the heads of the 16 |
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120 | 120 | | Criminal and Civil Divisions of the Department 17 |
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121 | 121 | | of Justice, the Director of the Office of Com-18 |
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122 | 122 | | munity Oriented Policing Services, each United 19 |
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123 | 123 | | States Attorney, Director of the Bureau of Al-20 |
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124 | 124 | | cohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the 21 |
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125 | 125 | | Director of the Office on Violence Against 22 |
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126 | 126 | | Women, the Director of the Office of Victims of 23 |
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127 | 127 | | Crime, and the Director of the Office of Justice 24 |
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128 | 128 | | Programs; and 25 |
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132 | 132 | | (B) the administration of the national in-1 |
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133 | 133 | | stant criminal background check system estab-2 |
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134 | 134 | | lished under section 103 of the Brady Handgun 3 |
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135 | 135 | | Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901). 4 |
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136 | 136 | | (2) E |
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137 | 137 | | VALUATION.—The Director, in consulta-5 |
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138 | 138 | | tion with the Advisory Council, shall evaluate laws, 6 |
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139 | 139 | | regulations, Federal programs, offices, data sources, 7 |
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140 | 140 | | and grant programs relating to gun violence preven-8 |
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141 | 141 | | tion administered by the Attorney General to assess 9 |
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142 | 142 | | how each such law, regulation, Federal program, of-10 |
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143 | 143 | | fice, data source, and grant program can be maxi-11 |
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144 | 144 | | mized, modernized, and coordinated to reduce gun 12 |
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145 | 145 | | violence. 13 |
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146 | 146 | | (3) P |
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147 | 147 | | OLICY RECOMMENDATIONS .—The Director 14 |
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148 | 148 | | shall recommend to Congress and the President leg-15 |
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149 | 149 | | islative and executive policy options to promote evi-16 |
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150 | 150 | | dence-based gun violence prevention strategies, in-17 |
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151 | 151 | | cluding the implementation of existing laws, regula-18 |
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152 | 152 | | tions, and grant programs. 19 |
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153 | 153 | | (4) D |
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154 | 154 | | ATA.—The Director, in consultation with 20 |
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155 | 155 | | the Advisory Council, shall— 21 |
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156 | 156 | | (A) identify gaps in available data needed 22 |
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157 | 157 | | for gun violence prevention research, policy de-23 |
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158 | 158 | | velopment, and the implementation of evidence- 24 |
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159 | 159 | | based gun violence prevention strategies; and 25 |
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163 | 163 | | (B) develop a plan to collect and analyze 1 |
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164 | 164 | | the data described in subparagraph (A). 2 |
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165 | 165 | | (5) A |
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166 | 166 | | SSESSMENT.—The Director, in consulta-3 |
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167 | 167 | | tion with the Advisory Council, shall assess ongoing 4 |
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168 | 168 | | research efforts of the Department of Justice relat-5 |
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169 | 169 | | ing to gun violence to establish a comprehensive re-6 |
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170 | 170 | | search agenda on the causes and solutions of gun vi-7 |
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171 | 171 | | olence. 8 |
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172 | 172 | | (6) E |
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173 | 173 | | DUCATION.—The Director, in consultation 9 |
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174 | 174 | | with the Advisory Council, shall educate the general 10 |
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175 | 175 | | public about Federal laws, regulations, and grant 11 |
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176 | 176 | | programs relating to gun violence prevention, includ-12 |
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177 | 177 | | ing by conducting education and awareness cam-13 |
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178 | 178 | | paigns— 14 |
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179 | 179 | | (A) directed at— 15 |
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180 | 180 | | (i) owners of firearms; 16 |
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181 | 181 | | (ii) parents and legal guardians of mi-17 |
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182 | 182 | | nors; and 18 |
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183 | 183 | | (iii) professionals who provide services 19 |
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184 | 184 | | to individuals and communities dispropor-20 |
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185 | 185 | | tionately impacted by gun violence; and 21 |
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186 | 186 | | (B) that include education relating to the 22 |
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187 | 187 | | secure storage or firearms and suicide preven-23 |
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188 | 188 | | tion. 24 |
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192 | 192 | | (7) CRISIS RESPONSE.—The Director, in con-1 |
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193 | 193 | | sultation with the Advisory Council, shall assist com-2 |
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194 | 194 | | munities that have experienced gun violence (such as 3 |
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195 | 195 | | a mass shooting, a school shooting, a gang-related 4 |
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196 | 196 | | shooting, a domestic violence shooting) with crisis 5 |
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197 | 197 | | response activities, including providing information 6 |
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198 | 198 | | about and increasing access to— 7 |
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199 | 199 | | (A) mental health services for members of 8 |
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200 | 200 | | the community; 9 |
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201 | 201 | | (B) anti-gun trafficking activities; 10 |
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202 | 202 | | (C) crisis response training for first re-11 |
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203 | 203 | | sponders and offices of gun violence prevention 12 |
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204 | 204 | | serving the community; and 13 |
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205 | 205 | | (D) suicide prevention services for mem-14 |
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206 | 206 | | bers of the community. 15 |
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207 | 207 | | (8) C |
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208 | 208 | | OORDINATION.—In carrying out the duties 16 |
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209 | 209 | | under this subsection, the Director shall coordinate 17 |
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210 | 210 | | with Federal agencies and commissions that have ju-18 |
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211 | 211 | | risdiction over gun violence prevention, including— 19 |
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212 | 212 | | (A) the Department of Health and Human 20 |
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213 | 213 | | Services; 21 |
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214 | 214 | | (B) the Department of Veterans Affairs; 22 |
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215 | 215 | | (C) the Department of Education; 23 |
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216 | 216 | | (D) the Department of Housing and 24 |
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217 | 217 | | Urban Development; 25 |
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221 | 221 | | (E) the Department of Commerce; 1 |
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222 | 222 | | (F) the Department of Homeland Security; 2 |
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223 | 223 | | (G) the Department of Defense; 3 |
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224 | 224 | | (H) the Department of the Interior; 4 |
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225 | 225 | | (I) the Department of Labor; 5 |
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226 | 226 | | (J) the Department of Agriculture; 6 |
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227 | 227 | | (K) the Small Business Administration; 7 |
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228 | 228 | | (L) the Consumer Product Safety Commis-8 |
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229 | 229 | | sion; 9 |
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230 | 230 | | (M) the Federal Trade Commission; and 10 |
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231 | 231 | | (N) the United States Sentencing Commis-11 |
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232 | 232 | | sion. 12 |
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233 | 233 | | (9) A |
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234 | 234 | | NNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 13 |
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235 | 235 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 14 |
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236 | 236 | | thereafter, the Director shall submit to Congress a 15 |
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237 | 237 | | report that includes— 16 |
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238 | 238 | | (A) information on the state of gun vio-17 |
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239 | 239 | | lence in the United States; 18 |
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240 | 240 | | (B) recommendations for policy initiatives 19 |
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241 | 241 | | and legislation to reduce gun violence in the 20 |
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242 | 242 | | United States; and 21 |
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243 | 243 | | (C) a description of the efforts of the Di-22 |
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244 | 244 | | rector to carry out the duties under this sub-23 |
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245 | 245 | | section. 24 |
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246 | 246 | | (c) A |
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247 | 247 | | DVISORYCOUNCIL.— 25 |
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251 | 251 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 1 |
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252 | 252 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less 2 |
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253 | 253 | | frequently than quarterly thereafter, the Attorney 3 |
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254 | 254 | | General shall convene an advisory council— 4 |
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255 | 255 | | (A) chaired by the Director; and 5 |
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256 | 256 | | (B) the membership of which includes the 6 |
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257 | 257 | | following individuals or a designee of the indi-7 |
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258 | 258 | | vidual: 8 |
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259 | 259 | | (i) The Deputy Attorney General. 9 |
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260 | 260 | | (ii) The Associate Attorney General. 10 |
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261 | 261 | | (iii) The Assistant Attorney General 11 |
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262 | 262 | | for the Office of Legal Policy. 12 |
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263 | 263 | | (iv) The Assistant Attorney General 13 |
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264 | 264 | | for the Office of Justice Programs. 14 |
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265 | 265 | | (v) The Assistant Attorney General 15 |
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266 | 266 | | for the Criminal Division. 16 |
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267 | 267 | | (vi) The Director of the Bureau of Al-17 |
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268 | 268 | | cohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. 18 |
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269 | 269 | | (vii) The Director of the Federal Bu-19 |
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270 | 270 | | reau of Investigation. 20 |
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271 | 271 | | (viii) The Director of the Bureau of 21 |
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272 | 272 | | Justice Assistance. 22 |
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273 | 273 | | (ix) The Director of the Office on Vio-23 |
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274 | 274 | | lence Against Women. 24 |
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278 | 278 | | (x) The Director of the Office of Vic-1 |
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279 | 279 | | tims of Crime. 2 |
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280 | 280 | | (xi) The Director of the Bureau of 3 |
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281 | 281 | | Justice Statistics. 4 |
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282 | 282 | | (xii) The Director of the National In-5 |
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283 | 283 | | stitute of Justice. 6 |
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284 | 284 | | (2) A |
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285 | 285 | | DDITIONAL MEMBERS .— 7 |
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286 | 286 | | (A) I |
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287 | 287 | | N GENERAL.—The Director shall 8 |
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288 | 288 | | make every reasonable effort to include as 9 |
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289 | 289 | | members of the Advisory Council not fewer 10 |
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290 | 290 | | than 12 additional individuals. 11 |
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291 | 291 | | (B) R |
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292 | 292 | | EPRESENTATIVES.—The additional 12 |
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293 | 293 | | members described in subparagraph (A) shall 13 |
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294 | 294 | | include not fewer than 1— 14 |
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295 | 295 | | (i) survivor of gun violence; 15 |
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296 | 296 | | (ii) community violence intervention 16 |
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297 | 297 | | service provider; 17 |
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298 | 298 | | (iii) public health official; 18 |
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299 | 299 | | (iv) medical professional who provides 19 |
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300 | 300 | | trauma care; 20 |
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301 | 301 | | (v) mental health clinician; 21 |
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302 | 302 | | (vi) official from a department of jus-22 |
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303 | 303 | | tice of a State; 23 |
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304 | 304 | | (vii) State or local public health de-24 |
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305 | 305 | | partment official; 25 |
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309 | 309 | | (viii) teacher; 1 |
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310 | 310 | | (ix) member of a student group; and 2 |
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311 | 311 | | (x) veteran. 3 |
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312 | 312 | | (d) A |
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313 | 313 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 4 |
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314 | 314 | | are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-5 |
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315 | 315 | | essary to carry out this section. 6 |
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