[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1478 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1478

 To repeal the provision that in practice prohibits the Department of 
 Health and Human Services from sponsoring research on gun violence in 
               fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2017

    Mrs. Murphy of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To repeal the provision that in practice prohibits the Department of 
 Health and Human Services from sponsoring research on gun violence in 
               fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gun Violence Research Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that no limitations should be imposed 
on the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services, 
including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to sponsor 
evidence-based intramural and extramural research that examines the 
causes of gun violence and identifies methods to reduce gun-related 
fatalities and injuries, consistent with the Second Amendment to the 
Constitution and other constitutional protections.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION.

    Effective on the date of enactment of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113), title II of division H 
of such Act (relating to the Department of Health and Human Services) 
is amended by striking section 210 (prohibiting the availability of 
funds to advocate or promote gun control).
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