Recognizing Gun Violence as a Public Health Emergency Act

Recognizing Gun Violence as a Public Health Emergency Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to report on the effects of gun violence on public health and the status of any actions taken to address these effects. The report must include specified elements, including the impact of gun violence on communities, the effectiveness of certain intervention programs and policies, and data on the types of firearms involved in incidents of gun violence.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5010 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5010

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination 
with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to 
submit to the Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence 
                           on public health.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2023

    Ms. Kelly of Illinois (for herself, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. 
  Espaillat, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Norton, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. 
Porter, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Schakowsky, 
 Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Frost, Mr. Schiff, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Jackson of 
 Illinois, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Evans, Mr. Crow, 
  Ms. Titus, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. 
  Jackson Lee, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Brown, Ms. Sanchez, and Ms. 
  Pettersen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination 
with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to 
submit to the Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence 
                           on public health.

    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 ``Recognizing Gun Violence as a Public 
Health Emergency Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF GUN VIOLENCE ON PUBLIC HEALTH.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, in coordination with the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, shall submit to the Congress a report on--
            (1) the effects on public health of gun violence in the 
        United States during the preceding calendar year; and
            (2) the status of actions taken to address such effects.
    (b) Contents.--The report under subsection (a) shall include the 
following:
            (1) Data on fatal and nonfatal firearm incidents, 
        disaggregated by age, sex, race, and gender identity of the 
        victim.
            (2) ZIP Code- or census tract-level data on fatal and 
        nonfatal firearm incidents.
            (3) The impacts of gun violence on communities (including 
        communities of color) and community members (including young 
        people, health care workers, and other categories of community 
        members as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services).
            (4) The impacts of gun violence on physical and mental 
        health.
            (5) Data on active community-based gun violence prevention 
        programs and the impacts of such programs, disaggregated by ZIP 
        Code or census tract.
            (6) Data on rates of firearm deaths and injuries, 
        disaggregated by--
                    (A) whether the incident involved--
                            (i) homicide or assault;
                            (ii) partner violence;
                            (iii) suicide or self-harm;
                            (iv) law enforcement; or
                            (v) terrorism;
                    (B) whether the incident was unintentional;
                    (C) whether the cause of the incident was 
                undetermined; and
                    (D) whether the incident belongs in such other 
                categories as are determined by the Secretary of Health 
                and Human Services.
            (7) Data on the types of firearms used in fatal and 
        nonfatal firearm incidents, including--
                    (A) handguns;
                    (B) long guns;
                    (C) ghost guns;
                    (D) semiautomatic long guns;
                    (E) guns that were stolen;
                    (F) guns that were not stolen;
                    (G) whether the firearm was owned by the victim or 
                a family member of the victim; and
                    (H) other types of firearms as determined by the 
                Secretary of Health and Human Services.
            (8) Data on the implementation, effectiveness, and 
        availability of--
                    (A) firearm violence intervention programs;
                    (B) lethal means counseling programs;
                    (C) school prevention programs, including lockdown 
                drills, threat assessment programs, and ``hardening'' 
                of schools;
                    (D) extreme risk protection orders;
                    (E) use of domestic violence-related restrictions 
                on firearm ownership;
                    (F) communication of the conditions used in 
                conjunction with the National Instant Criminal 
                Background Check System to determine whether an 
                individual is prohibited from purchasing a firearm; and
                    (G) safe storage laws.
            (9) Data on funding levels for firearm injury prevention 
        research.
            (10) Data on the frequency at which funding such research 
        translates into publication of research results.
            (11) Data on the degree to which the funding such research 
        translates into community-level interventions.
            (12) Other information and data as determined appropriate 
        by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
    (c) Supplement Not Supplant.--The research done for purposes of 
developing the report required under subsection (a) shall be designed 
to supplement not supplant other research of the Department of Health 
and Human Services or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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