[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1473 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1473

  To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease 
    Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on 
              firearms safety or gun violence prevention.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 2, 2015

 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
 Schumer, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. 
  Hirono, Mrs. Murray, and Mrs. Boxer) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease 
    Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on 
              firearms safety or gun violence prevention.

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

SECTION 1. FUNDING FOR RESEARCH BY CDC ON FIREARMS SAFETY OR GUN 
              VIOLENCE PREVENTION.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 
through 2021 for the purpose of conducting or supporting research on 
firearms safety or gun violence prevention under the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). The amount authorized to be 
appropriated by the preceding sentence is in addition to any other 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for such purpose.
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