[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2010 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2010

To provide for the establishment of a National Firearm Injury Reporting 
 System, and for grants to States for the collection of information on 
                   fatal injuries caused by firearms.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 1999

Mr. Blumenauer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the establishment of a National Firearm Injury Reporting 
 System, and for grants to States for the collection of information on 
                   fatal injuries caused by firearms.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL FIREARM INJURY REPORTING SYSTEM; 
              GRANTS TO STATES FOR THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ON 
              FATAL FIREARMS INJURIES.

    (a) Establishment of National Firearm Injury Reporting System.--The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as 
the ``Secretary'') shall establish a National Firearm Injury Reporting 
System, consisting of a central repository of information on all fatal 
injuries caused by firearms in the United States.
    (b) Grants to States.--The Secretary may make grants to States to 
enable each State to collect information on all fatal injuries caused 
by firearms in the State, including any such information collected by 
other sources of such information.
    (c) Regulations.--The Secretary, in consultation with State and 
local officials, shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary 
to carry out this section, including regulations specifying the 
specific kinds of information to be collected pursuant to this section, 
and the procedures to be followed in collecting such information and 
reporting such information to the National Firearm Injury Reporting 
System.
    (d) Advisory Committee.--The Secretary shall establish an advisory 
committee, composed of such members as the Secretary may select, for 
the purpose of providing the Secretary with advice on the appropriate 
standards to apply in the awarding of grants under this section.
    (e) Limitations on Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out 
this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney 
General not more than $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 
2004.
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