Gun Violence Prevention Research

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

• 2026-04-16 — Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2026: S4339 (Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2026) was read twice and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee — a Senate-side companion vehicle in the 119th Congress adjacent to HR4821’s public-health research framing, though substantive text is not detailed in the referral action. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-06-24 — Break the Cycle of Violence Act: HR4103 (Break the Cycle of Violence Act) was referred to the House Committees on the Judiciary and Education and Workforce — another 119th Congress community-violence-intervention vehicle adjacent to HR4821’s public-health research framing, though its substantive text is not detailed in the referral action. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-04-10 — Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025: HR2837 (Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025) was referred to the House Judiciary Committee — a victim-services vehicle adjacent to HR4821’s research framing, shifting focus from prevention research to post-incident supports for survivors. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-02-25 — Ethan’s Law: Ethan’s Law would create federal criminal penalties and forfeiture for unsafe residential firearm storage when a minor is likely to access the firearm or a resident is prohibited from possession, plus DOJ grants conditioned on states/tribes adopting equivalent safe-storage laws — a regulatory/means-restriction vehicle adjacent to HR4821’s public-health research framing. (novelty: 3) (novelty: 3)
• 2025-05-12 — Saving Our Veterans Lives Act of 2025: The Saving Our Veterans Lives Act of 2025 would codify a VA firearm-lockbox distribution and secure-storage education program as a suicide-prevention intervention — a means-restriction/public-health approach to firearm injury adjacent to HR4821’s research framing, while affirming lawful firearm ownership rights are unaffected. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-02-17 — Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2026: The Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2026 would federalize ERPOs, authorizing federal courts to issue red-flag orders, extending firearms prohibitions to subjects of those orders, funding DOJ implementation grants, and directing FBI record compilation — an intervention-focused firearm policy vehicle adjacent to HR4821’s research framing. (novelty: 3)
• 2025-02-13 — Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2025: HR1307 (Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2025) was referred to the House Judiciary Committee, proposing a dedicated federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention — a structural/governance companion to the HR4821 research-funding framing in the 119th Congress. (novelty: 3)
• 2025-04-07 — Ellie’s Law: HR2678 (Ellie’s Law) would authorize and fund federal research into the causes and prevention of gun violence — another 119th Congress vehicle reinforcing public-health framing for firearm injury research alongside HR4821. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-23 — Gun Safety Innovation Opportunity Act of 2026: HR9204 (Gun Safety Innovation Opportunity Act of 2026) was introduced in the 119th Congress with sponsor introductory remarks as its latest action — an additional firearm-safety vehicle adjacent to HR4821’s public-health research framing, though its substantive scope is not yet on the record. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-07-17 — Gun Safety Incentive Act: HR4487 (Gun Safety Incentive Act) was referred to the House Committees on the Judiciary and Ways and Means — an adjacent 119th Congress firearm-safety vehicle distinct from the HR4821 research framing, with a likely tax-incentive component given the Ways and Means referral. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-03-11 — Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025: cross-connection with va-nics-reporting-fiduciary: Both touch on the intersection of federal firearms policy and health/benefit determinations, from opposite angles — NICS reporting thresholds vs. research on gun violence. (novelty: 2)
• 2023-04-28 — Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2023: The Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2023 proposes a CDC-based law enforcement violence prevention program that would fund research and data collection on police violence as a public health issue, overlapping with the broader public health research funding framing. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-11 — Gun Violence Prevention and Public Safety Database Act of 2026: HR9274 (Gun Violence Prevention and Public Safety Database Act of 2026) was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, proposing a federal database related to gun violence prevention — a companion legislative vehicle alongside HR4821 in the 119th Congress. (novelty: 2)

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