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Gun Violence Prevention Research (Civil Rights / Public Safety)

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

2026-04-16 — Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2026: 2026 — Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2026 (S4339) introduced in the Senate, read twice, and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee; substantive text and mechanism not detailed, but the title signals a state-model-inspired federal gun violence reduction framing adjacent to research- and data-driven prevention approaches. (novelty: 2)
2025-06-24 — Break the Cycle of Violence Act: 2025 — Break the Cycle of Violence Act (HR4103, 119th Congress) introduced and referred to the House Committees on the Judiciary and Education and Workforce; dual referral suggests a community-based violence intervention framing adjacent to gun violence prevention policy, though substantive text is not detailed. (novelty: 2)
2025-04-10 — Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025: 2025 — Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025 (HR2837) introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee, proposing federal resources and supports for victims of gun violence — a victim-services approach complementary to the research-, data-, and prohibited-persons pathways tracked on this page. (novelty: 2)
2025-05-12 — Saving Our Veterans Lives Act of 2025: 2025 — Saving Our Veterans Lives Act of 2025 introduced, which would make permanent a VA firearm-lockbox program with secure-storage education and a public campaign for veterans while codifying that participation does not affect lawful firearm ownership — a voluntary suicide-prevention approach complementary to research- and regulation-based gun violence prevention strategies. (novelty: 3)
2026-02-17 — Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2026: 2026 — Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2026 introduced, requiring FBI compilation of ERPO records and DOJ implementation grants, which would generate a federal ERPO dataset potentially usable for gun violence prevention research alongside other data-access proposals in this area. (novelty: 3)
2025-02-13 — Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2025: Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2025 (HR1307) introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee, proposing a dedicated federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention — a structural/coordinating governance step complementary to research-funding and data-access approaches in this area. (novelty: 3)
2025-04-07 — Ellie’s Law: 2025 — Ellie’s Law (HR2678, 119th Congress) introduced and referred to committee, which would authorize and fund federal research into the causes and prevention of gun violence, extending the established public-health framing for firearms injury research. (novelty: 2)
2026-06-23 — Gun Safety Innovation Opportunity Act of 2026: 2026 — Gun Safety Innovation Opportunity Act of 2026 (HR9204, 119th Congress) introduced with only sponsor introductory remarks recorded; substantive text and mechanism not disclosed, but the title suggests an innovation-incentive framing adjacent to gun violence prevention policy. (novelty: 2)
2025-07-17 — Gun Safety Incentive Act: Gun Safety Incentive Act (HR4487, 119th Congress) introduced and referred to the House Committees on the Judiciary and Ways and Means; substantive text not disclosed, but the dual referral signals a tax-incentive-based approach adjacent to gun violence prevention policy. (novelty: 2)
2025-06-04 — Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act (HR3740) introduced, repealing PLCAA and opening ATF trace data to civil discovery — a civil-liability pathway complementary to research- and data-driven approaches to gun violence prevention. (novelty: 3)
2025-04-03 — End Gun Violence Act of 2025: End Gun Violence Act of 2025 introduced, which would extend federal firearms and ammunition sale/possession restrictions to persons convicted of a violent misdemeanor within the preceding five years — a prohibited-persons category expansion complementary to research and data-driven prevention approaches. (novelty: 2)
2023-04-28 — Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2023: Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2023 introduced, which would establish a CDC Law Enforcement Violence Prevention Program to fund research and data collection on law enforcement violence as a public health issue — an alternative research-funding pathway parallel to firearms-focused violence research. (novelty: 3)
2026-06-11 — Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act introduced, proposing to lift statutory restrictions on ATF trace-data use, FOIA disclosure, dealer inventory requirements, record consolidation, and the 24-hour NICS record destruction rule — expanding potential data available for gun violence research and enforcement. (novelty: 3)
2026-06-11 — Gun Violence Prevention and Public Safety Database Act of 2026: 2026 — Gun Violence Prevention and Public Safety Database Act of 2026 (HR9274) introduced and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, proposing a federal database related to gun violence prevention. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
2025-09-18 — RRLEF Act of 2025: RRLEF Act of 2025 introduced, proposing Byrne JAG conditions barring law enforcement transactions with high short-time-to-crime dealers and directing ATF to publish annual dealer lists while removing restrictions on trace-data disclosure — a data-transparency and procurement-conditioning mechanism adjacent to gun violence research access. (novelty: 3)