[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4882 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4882
To establish a Gun Safety Board, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 5, 2025
Mr. DeSaulnier introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To establish a Gun Safety Board, 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 Safety Board and Research Act''.
SEC. 2. GUN SAFETY BOARD.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act,
establish a board to be known as the Gun Safety Board.
(b) Duties.--The Gun Safety Board shall--
(1) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, establish a program that uses not less than half of
the amounts appropriated under this Act to provide grants that
recipients shall use to--
(A) conduct original research about firearm
violence reduction (including research about topics
identified for additional research by the Gun Safety
Board under paragraph (3)); and
(B) educate members of the public about--
(i) causes and effects of firearm violence;
and
(ii) ways to reduce firearm violence;
(2) conduct original research about firearm violence
reduction; and
(3) publish in the Federal Register and on a public website
of the Department of Health and Human Services, not less
frequently than annually--
(A) policy and funding recommendations for
potential Federal, State, and local action based on
available scientific research about firearm violence
reduction;
(B) a list of subject areas related to firearm
violence reduction that the Gun Safety Board finds
would benefit from additional scientific research; and
(C) the Gun Safety Board's findings about the
efficacy of existing State and Federal laws intended to
reduce firearm violence, and the expected efficacy of
proposed State and Federal legislation intended to
reduce firearm violence, in reducing--
(i) domestic violence;
(ii) suicide and attempted suicide;
(iii) chronic community violence;
(iv) police violence;
(v) mass shootings;
(vi) hate crimes;
(vii) school shootings;
(viii) health care-related expenditures
(including lost days of work and other indirect
expenditures) for victims of firearm-caused
injuries;
(ix) hospital interventions;
(x) broader socioeconomic impacts of
chronic gun violence;
(xi) diversions of firearms, including
straw purchasing and gun trafficking; and
(xii) unintentional shootings.
(c) Membership.--
(1) Number and appointment.--The Gun Safety Board shall be
composed of 22 members appointed by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services.
(2) Composition.--The members shall include--
(A) 1 member with expertise in public health;
(B) 1 member with expertise in mental health care;
(C) 1 member with expertise in firearm violence
reduction research;
(D) 1 member with expertise in trauma surgery;
(E) 1 member with expertise in law enforcement;
(F) 1 member with a background in firearm
manufacturing, firearm sales, professional firearm use,
or recreational firearm use;
(G) 2 members representing victims of firearm
violence;
(H) 1 member representing a nonprofit organization
that advocates for racial justice;
(I) 1 member representing a nonprofit organization
that advocates or engages in firearm violence
intervention or prevention; and
(J) 1 member from each of--
(i) the National Institutes of Health;
(ii) the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention;
(iii) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration;
(iv) the United States Consumer Product
Safety Commission;
(v) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(vi) the Department of Health and Human
Services;
(vii) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives within the Department
of Justice;
(viii) the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention within the Department of
Justice;
(ix) the Bureau of Justice Assistance
within the Department of Justice;
(x) the Office for Victims of Crime within
the Department of Justice;
(xi) the Office on Violence Against Women
within the Department of Justice; and
(xii) the National Institute of Justice
within the Department of Justice.
(d) Terms.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), each
member shall be appointed for a term of 4 years.
(2) Terms of initial appointees.--As designated by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services at the time of
appointment, of the members first appointed--
(A) 7 shall be appointed for a term of 4 years;
(B) 6 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years;
(C) 5 shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and
(D) 4 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year.
(3) Vacancies.--Any member appointed to fill a vacancy
occurring before the expiration of the term for which the
member's predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for
the remainder of that term. A vacancy shall be filled in the
manner in which the original appointment was made.
(e) Basic Pay.--Members shall be paid at a rate set by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services that is consistent with title 5,
United States Code.
(f) Travel Expenses.--Each member shall receive travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with
applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5,
United States Code.
(g) Chair.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
designate 1 member to serve as chair of the Gun Safety Board.
(h) Vice Chair.--The members of the Gun Safety Board shall elect 1
member to serve as vice chair of the Gun Safety Board.
(i) Meetings.--The Board shall meet at least once each month at the
call of the chair.
(j) Staff.--The chair may appoint and, consistent with title 5,
United States Code, fix the pay of additional personnel as the chair
considers appropriate.
(k) Firearm.--For the purposes of this Act, the term ``firearm''
shall have the meaning given the term in section 921 of title 18,
United States Code.
(l) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this Act $5,000,000 for each of the first 2
fiscal years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, and
$25,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter.
(m) Prohibition on Diversion of Other Federal Gun Violence Research
Funds.--The amounts made available for Federal gun violence research
other than under this Act shall not be reduced in order to provide
funds to carry out this Act.
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