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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 595 |
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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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. M |
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| 9 | 9 | | URPHY(for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. K |
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| 11 | 11 | | LOBUCHAR, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCHIFF, and Mr. VANHOLLEN) in- |
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| 12 | 12 | | troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To establish the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and |
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| 16 | 16 | | for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Office of Gun Violence 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Prevention Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | In this Act: 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) A |
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| 25 | 25 | | DVISORY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Advisory 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Council’’ means the advisory council established 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | under section 3(c)(1). 10 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the Director of the Office. 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) G |
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| 34 | 34 | | UN VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘gun violence’’ 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | includes homicide, violent crime, domestic violence, 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | attempted suicide, suicide, and unintentional death 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | or injury involving a firearm. 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (4) O |
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| 39 | 39 | | FFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | fice of Gun Violence Prevention established under 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | section 3(a). 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SEC. 3. OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (a) E |
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| 44 | 44 | | STABLISHMENT.— 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) I |
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| 46 | 46 | | N GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 12 |
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| 47 | 47 | | establish within the Office of Legal Policy of the De-13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | partment of Justice the Office of Gun Violence Pre-14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | vention. 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (2) D |
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| 51 | 51 | | IRECTOR.—The Attorney General shall 16 |
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| 52 | 52 | | appoint a Director to be the head of the Office. 17 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (b) D |
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| 54 | 54 | | UTIES.— 18 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (1) I |
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| 56 | 56 | | N GENERAL.—The Director, in consulta-19 |
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| 57 | 57 | | tion with the Advisory Council, shall coordinate, in-20 |
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| 58 | 58 | | tegrate, and maximize the efficacy of each responsi-21 |
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| 59 | 59 | | bility, program, and service relating to gun violence 22 |
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| 60 | 60 | | prevention administered by the Attorney General to 23 |
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| 61 | 61 | | maximize an integrated approach to reducing gun vi-24 |
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| 65 | 65 | | olence and serving victims of gun violence, includ-1 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ing— 2 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (A) the responsibilities of the heads of the 3 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Criminal and Civil Divisions of the Department 4 |
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| 69 | 69 | | of Justice, the Director of the Office of Com-5 |
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| 70 | 70 | | munity Oriented Policing Services, each United 6 |
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| 71 | 71 | | States Attorney, the Director of the Bureau of 7 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the 8 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Director of the Office on Violence Against 9 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Women, the Director of the Office of Victims of 10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Crime, and the Director of the Office of Justice 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Programs; and 12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (B) the administration of the national in-13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | stant criminal background check system estab-14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | lished under section 103 of the Brady Handgun 15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901). 16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (2) E |
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| 82 | 82 | | VALUATION.—The Director, in consulta-17 |
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| 83 | 83 | | tion with the Advisory Council, shall evaluate laws, 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | regulations, Federal programs, offices, data sources, 19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | and grant programs relating to gun violence preven-20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | tion administered by the Attorney General to assess 21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | how each such law, regulation, Federal program, of-22 |
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| 88 | 88 | | fice, data source, and grant program can be maxi-23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | mized, modernized, and coordinated to reduce gun 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | violence. 25 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (3) POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS .—The Director 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | shall recommend to Congress and the President leg-2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | islative and executive policy options to promote evi-3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | dence-based gun violence prevention strategies, in-4 |
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| 98 | 98 | | cluding the implementation of existing laws, regula-5 |
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| 99 | 99 | | tions, and grant programs. 6 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (4) D |
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| 101 | 101 | | ATA.—The Director, in consultation with 7 |
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| 102 | 102 | | the Advisory Council, shall— 8 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (A) identify gaps in available data needed 9 |
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| 104 | 104 | | for gun violence prevention research, policy de-10 |
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| 105 | 105 | | velopment, and the implementation of evidence- 11 |
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| 106 | 106 | | based gun violence prevention strategies; and 12 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (B) develop a plan to collect and analyze 13 |
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| 108 | 108 | | the data described in subparagraph (A). 14 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (5) A |
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| 110 | 110 | | SSESSMENT.—The Director, in consulta-15 |
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| 111 | 111 | | tion with the Advisory Council, shall assess ongoing 16 |
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| 112 | 112 | | research efforts of the Department of Justice relat-17 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ing to gun violence to establish a comprehensive re-18 |
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| 114 | 114 | | search agenda on the causes and solutions of gun vi-19 |
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| 115 | 115 | | olence. 20 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (6) E |
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| 117 | 117 | | DUCATION.—The Director, in consultation 21 |
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| 118 | 118 | | with the Advisory Council, shall educate the general 22 |
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| 119 | 119 | | public about Federal laws, regulations, and grant 23 |
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| 120 | 120 | | programs relating to gun violence prevention, includ-24 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ing by conducting education and awareness cam-1 |
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| 125 | 125 | | paigns— 2 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (A) directed at— 3 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (i) owners of firearms; 4 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (ii) parents and legal guardians of mi-5 |
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| 129 | 129 | | nors; and 6 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (iii) professionals who provide services 7 |
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| 131 | 131 | | to individuals and communities dispropor-8 |
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| 132 | 132 | | tionately impacted by gun violence; and 9 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (B) that include education relating to the 10 |
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| 134 | 134 | | secure storage or firearms and suicide preven-11 |
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| 135 | 135 | | tion. 12 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (7) C |
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| 137 | 137 | | RISIS RESPONSE.—The Director, in con-13 |
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| 138 | 138 | | sultation with the Advisory Council, shall assist com-14 |
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| 139 | 139 | | munities that have experienced gun violence (such as 15 |
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| 140 | 140 | | a mass shooting, a school shooting, a gang-related 16 |
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| 141 | 141 | | shooting, or a domestic violence shooting) with crisis 17 |
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| 142 | 142 | | response activities, including providing information 18 |
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| 143 | 143 | | about and increasing access to— 19 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (A) mental health services for members of 20 |
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| 145 | 145 | | the community; 21 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (B) anti-gun trafficking activities; 22 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (C) crisis response training for first re-23 |
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| 148 | 148 | | sponders and offices of gun violence prevention 24 |
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| 149 | 149 | | serving the community; and 25 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (D) suicide prevention services for mem-1 |
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| 154 | 154 | | bers of the community. 2 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (8) C |
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| 156 | 156 | | OORDINATION.—In carrying out the duties 3 |
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| 157 | 157 | | under this subsection, the Director shall coordinate 4 |
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| 158 | 158 | | with Federal agencies and commissions that have ju-5 |
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| 159 | 159 | | risdiction over gun violence prevention, including— 6 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (A) the Department of Health and Human 7 |
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| 161 | 161 | | Services; 8 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (B) the Department of Veterans Affairs; 9 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (C) the Department of Education; 10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (D) the Department of Housing and 11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | Urban Development; 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (E) the Department of Commerce; 13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (F) the Department of Homeland Security; 14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (G) the Department of Defense; 15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (H) the Department of the Interior; 16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (I) the Department of Labor; 17 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (J) the Department of Agriculture; 18 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (K) the Small Business Administration; 19 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (L) the Consumer Product Safety Commis-20 |
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| 174 | 174 | | sion; 21 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (M) the Federal Trade Commission; and 22 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (N) the United States Sentencing Commis-23 |
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| 177 | 177 | | sion. 24 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (9) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 1 |
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| 182 | 182 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | thereafter, the Director shall submit to Congress a 3 |
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| 184 | 184 | | report that includes— 4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (A) information on the state of gun vio-5 |
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| 186 | 186 | | lence in the United States; 6 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (B) recommendations for policy initiatives 7 |
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| 188 | 188 | | and legislation to reduce gun violence in the 8 |
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| 189 | 189 | | United States; and 9 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (C) a description of the efforts of the Di-10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | rector to carry out the duties under this sub-11 |
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| 192 | 192 | | section. 12 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (c) A |
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| 194 | 194 | | DVISORYCOUNCIL.— 13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (1) I |
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| 196 | 196 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 14 |
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| 197 | 197 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less 15 |
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| 198 | 198 | | frequently than quarterly thereafter, the Attorney 16 |
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| 199 | 199 | | General shall convene an advisory council— 17 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (A) chaired by the Director; and 18 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (B) the membership of which includes the 19 |
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| 202 | 202 | | following individuals or a designee of the indi-20 |
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| 203 | 203 | | vidual: 21 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (i) The Deputy Attorney General. 22 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (ii) The Associate Attorney General. 23 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (iii) The Assistant Attorney General 24 |
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| 207 | 207 | | for the Office of Legal Policy. 25 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (iv) The Assistant Attorney General 1 |
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| 212 | 212 | | for the Office of Justice Programs. 2 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (v) The Assistant Attorney General 3 |
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| 214 | 214 | | for the Criminal Division. 4 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (vi) The Director of the Bureau of Al-5 |
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| 216 | 216 | | cohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. 6 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (vii) The Director of the Federal Bu-7 |
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| 218 | 218 | | reau of Investigation. 8 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (viii) The Director of the Bureau of 9 |
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| 220 | 220 | | Justice Assistance. 10 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (ix) The Director of the Office on Vio-11 |
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| 222 | 222 | | lence Against Women. 12 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (x) The Director of the Office of Vic-13 |
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| 224 | 224 | | tims of Crime. 14 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (xi) The Director of the Bureau of 15 |
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| 226 | 226 | | Justice Statistics. 16 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (xii) The Director of the National In-17 |
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| 228 | 228 | | stitute of Justice. 18 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (2) A |
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| 230 | 230 | | DDITIONAL MEMBERS .— 19 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (A) I |
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| 232 | 232 | | N GENERAL.—The Director shall 20 |
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| 233 | 233 | | make every reasonable effort to include as 21 |
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| 234 | 234 | | members of the Advisory Council not fewer 22 |
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| 235 | 235 | | than 12 additional individuals. 23 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (B) REPRESENTATIVES.—The additional 1 |
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| 240 | 240 | | members described in subparagraph (A) shall 2 |
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| 241 | 241 | | include not fewer than 1— 3 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (i) survivor of gun violence; 4 |
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| 243 | 243 | | (ii) community violence intervention 5 |
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| 244 | 244 | | service provider; 6 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (iii) public health official; 7 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (iv) medical professional who provides 8 |
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| 247 | 247 | | trauma care; 9 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (v) mental health clinician; 10 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (vi) official from a department of jus-11 |
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| 250 | 250 | | tice of a State; 12 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (vii) State or local public health de-13 |
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| 252 | 252 | | partment official; 14 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (viii) teacher; 15 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (ix) member of a student group; and 16 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (x) veteran. 17 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (d) A |
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| 257 | 257 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 18 |
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| 258 | 258 | | are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-19 |
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| 259 | 259 | | essary to carry out this section. 20 |
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