[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 834 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 834

  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

                April 5 (legislative day, April 4), 2017

Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
 Whitehouse, Mr. Reed, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Warren, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
Casey, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
Schatz, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Carper, Mr. Van Hollen, 
 Mr. Cardin, Mr. Coons, Mr. Booker, Ms. Harris, Mr. Menendez, and Mrs. 
  Feinstein) 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 2018 
through 2023 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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